Here are some of the top human rights new stories from the past week -
- Offshore detention of asylum seekers faces High Court challenge: www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/02/2915665.htm
- Retiring Liberal backbencher, Petro Georgiou, attacks Labor and the Coalition over border protection policies and treatment of asylum seekers: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/03/2917211.htm and http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/turning-boats-away-cruel-says-georgiou/story-e6frg6nf-1225875247711
- Protesters gather in Canberra demanding the Federal Government overturn a decision to deport Sheikh Mansour Leghaei: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/03/2917079.htm and http://www.smh.com.au/national/peace-prize-winner-in-bid-to-save-sheikh-20100601-wv26.html
- Two-thirds of refugee claims by Afghan asylum seekers in the past month rejected on the grounds that the minority Hazara community no longer faces persecution and discrimination: http://www.theage.com.au/national/asylum-harder-for-afghans-20100528-wlkz.html
- Prisoner claims right to continue self-funded IVF treatment in jail, given other inmates have the opportunity to fall pregnant through conjugal visits: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/01/2915231.htm and http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/prisoner-says-refusal-to-permit-ivf-treatment-is-breach-of-rights/story-e6frf7jo-1225874050478 and http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/inmate-wants-access-to-ivf-treatment-20100601-wtaq.html
- Australian prisoners suffer disproportionately from drug and alcohol addiction, according to an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/being-behind-bars-is-bad-for-your-health-health-and-welfare-report-says/story-e6frf7l6-1225874962296
- Human rights groups criticise a proposal by the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to support a form of female circumcision: http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201005/2912525.htm
- Traditional landowners in the Northern Territory launch Federal Court challenge to government plans to build Australia’s first national radioactive waste dump near Tennant Creek, claiming they were not consulted: http://www.theage.com.au/national/territory-elders-mount-radioactive-legal-battle-20100603-x94x.html
- More than 1.4 million workers set to benefit from $26 boost to minimum weekly wage: http://www.theage.com.au/national/freeze-over-minimum-wage-up-by-26-a-week-20100603-x6ys.html
- Australian aid to PNG must also foster human rights: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/contributors/australian-aid-to-png-must-also-foster-human-rights-20100603-x2ln.html
- Australians believe the Rudd government deserves mediocre grades for foreign policy, according to annual Lowry Institute Poll: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/31/2913369.htm
- Australian intelligence led to detention of Australian single mother and her two children in Yemen, says Yemeni human rights organisation: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/canberra-linked-to-yemen-arrests/story-e6frgczf-1225874721043 and http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-link-to-held-woman-20100603-x6yw.html
- Australian journalist claims she was tasered by Israeli forces in raid on the Free Gaza Flotilla: http://www.smh.com.au/world/i-was-tasered-by-israelis-says-herald-photographer-20100602-wzv3.html
- Australian man on death row in Afghanistan may be saved by paying compensation to the victim’s family: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/01/2914705.htm
