Human Rights

‘People are crying and begging’: the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention

March 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAP Michelle Peterie, The University of Queensland Between July 2018 and August 2019, the Home Affairs Department spent A$6.1m flying refugees, asylum [...]

Taiwan: same-sex marriage legalised

May 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Taiwan’s parliament has legalise same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday. Taiwan has become the first in Asia to do so. Hundreds of gay rights supporters gathered [...]

Jehovah’s Witnesses Tortured in Russia

March 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Key Points: Jehovah’s Witnesses were subjected to physical abuse—electric shocks, suffocation, and beatings The agents put a bags over their heads and sealed it with [...]

Out of the closet: Easing the backlash against same-sex couples in advertising

February 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Mohammed El Hazzouri, Mount Royal University; Kelley Main, University of Manitoba, and Lisa Sinclair, University of Winnipeg For a long time, companies hesitated to feature [...]

Science: Eye Contact Is All In Your Head

February 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Remember that magical moment when you first locked eyes with your partner and felt an instant connection? Chances are they were looking at your mouth. Or your ear. Yes, eye contact might be all in our heads, according to new research by Edith Cowan University. [...]

Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence

August 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

In refusing to strike out Smith’s claim, the court has accepted that it is arguable police could owe a common law duty of care to specific victims of domestic violence to [...]

USA: After “disturbance” at immigrant detention centre, 16 migrant fathers taken away overnight

August 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Federal officials have given few details. Activists have called it a "horrifying scene." [...]

NICARAGUA: Government uses “shoot to kill” to repress student protest

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amnesty International has reported that in response to social protests during April and May 2018, the Nicaraguan government has adopted a strategy of violent repression not [...]

Putin’s Russia Terrorises Jehovah’s Witnesses

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Over the past year the Russian state has conducted a systematic campaign of terror against Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country. In at least seven cities across police [...]

We have marriage equality, now we need LGBTQi+-inclusive sexuality education in schools

December 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

LGBTQi+-inclusive sexuality education reduces negative stereotypes and biases, creating a safer school environment for LGBTQi+ students. Shutterstock Melissa Kang, University [...]