Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category
(New York) –The European Union should press Indonesia to act against growing religious intolerance and to release all political prisoners during the EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue on May 3, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today.
(Melbourne) – Australia’s immigration minister should raise concerns with Sri Lankan officials about alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of people who were refused asylum and sent back to Sri Lanka when he visits this week, the Human Rights Law Centre and Human Rights Watch said today.
(New York) – Australia should urge Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to end restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, belief, and religion when the two sides meet for their annual bilateral human rights dialogue in Hanoi on April 26-27, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today in a 16-page memo&n
(New York) – Australia should make human rights a priority in developing closer ties with Southeast Asian countries, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Australia’s new foreign minister, Bob Carr.
(Washington, DC) – The Australian High Court ruled on August 31, 2011, that the Australia-Malaysia Transfer and Resettlement Arrangement is invalid and that any attempt to remove these asylum seekers to Malaysia would be unlawful, Human Rights Watch said today.
(Washington, DC) – The Australian prosecutor’s office should drop the asset-seizing case against former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks for money he earned from a book he wrote about his six years in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights Watch said today.
Dato’ Sri Mohammed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
Main Block, Perdana Putra Building
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62502 Putrajaya
Malaysia
Via facsimile: +60 3 8888 3444
The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP
Prime Minister
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
António Guterres
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Switzerland
June 13, 2011
Re: Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement between Australia and Malaysia
Dear Mr. High Commissioner,
Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohammed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak
Office of the Prime Minister
Main Block, Perdana Putra Building
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
Via facsimile, email
Re: Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement with Australia
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
Human Rights Watch Statement
Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia
June 8, 2011
(New York) – Australia risks reneging on its international legal obligations if it forcibly transfers 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP
Prime Minister
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
May 26, 2011
Re: Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement with Malaysia
Dear Prime Minister Gillard:
Letter on behalf of Human Rights Law Centre, Refugee Council of Australia, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Human Rights Watch, University of New South Wales Migrant and Refugee Rights Project, and Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre to UN missions that raised questions about immigration detention practices during Australia’s January 2011 Universal Periodic Review.