Here are some of the top human rights new stories from the past week -
Senator Steve Fielding says the Government should send asylum seekers to refugee camps in other countries because they are “jumping the queue”:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/11/2842736.htm
Former PM Malcolm Fraser says the problems of people smuggling and asylum seekers cannot be solved in boat-by-boat negotiations with Indonesia:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2842150.htm
Federal Parliament passes laws banning the death penalty for good throughout Australia:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/death-penalty-dead-and-buried-as-parliasment-bans-it-for-good/story-e6frf7l6-1225839834244
UN expert calls for culturally sensitive reforms for indigenous people in Australia:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34019&Cr=indigenous&Cr1
French media rights watchdog lists Australia along with Iran and North Korea as a country which poses a threat of internet censorship:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34019&Cr=indigenous&Cr1
Joe Hockey says anti-terror laws he voted for as a member of the Howard government should be reviewed:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/anti-terror-laws-should-be-reviewed-hockey-says/story-e6frf7l6-1225839822961
Indigenous doctors say the Northern Territory Intervention is ‘psychologically damaging’:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/intervention-psychologically-damaging/story-e6frf7l6-1225839816825
Joe Hockey warns on government and police security surveillance:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/senior-liberal-joe-hockey-warns-on-government-or-police-spy-cameras/story-e6frf7jo-1225839779696
Parents to get 18 weeks’ paid parental leave after Coalition says it will not oppose new legislation:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/parents-to-get-18-weeks-paid-leave-20100311-q1pe.html
Senate report controversially endorses plans to expand income management across the country:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/11/2842724.htm
