Here are some of the top human rights new stories from the past week -
Opposition leader Tony Abbott rejects the Government’s target to halve homelessness by 2020, stating instead that ‘the poor will always be with us’:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/bible-bashing-the-homeless-abbott-style-20100215-o2tj.html
Welfare quarantining under the Senate spotlight – Northern Territory Intervention is not working:
http://newmatilda.com/2010/02/18/not-working
A top global official on refugees has dismissed claims a softer policy on asylum seekers is to blame for a spike in arrivals to Australia, warning politicians and the media against a divisive migration debate in an election year:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/talk-of-refugee-crisis-rejected-20100218-oiv5.html
Pauline Hanson is immigrating to England – and British far right party is wooing her from afar:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/british-ultraright-party-woos-hanson-20100216-o911.html
Indonesia claims that the Australian government suggested that the Bali nine should not be executed in an election year:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/indonesia-contradicts-rudd-team-on-bali-nine-20100218-oiuz.html
Asylum seekers on board may be charged over the boat blast:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-seekers-could-be-charged-over-boat-blast/story-e6frg6nf-1225831966147
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has released photographs of two men who bashed and killed a teenager with a metal pole and left him to die in the street:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/judge-lifts-ban-on-killers-images-20100217-ocnz.html
