Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "human rights"
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2.0KArticleAYDC Solitary Confinement Condemned by UN
The United Nations has explicitly condemned the Liberal Government’s abhorrent treatment of Tasmanian children in detention at Ashley Youth Detention Centre, in...
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Shakira Robertson Wins Young People’s Human Rights Award
Shakira Robertson’s campaign to have vehicles legally recognised as weapons in domestic violence assaults has been elevated to the national stage, marking...
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Reproductive Coercion in the Spotlight
On World Contraception Day, Engender Equality is highlighting reproductive coercion as a serious form of interpersonal abuse and sexual violence that restricts...
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Tasmania Pioneers Reparations for Anti-Gay Laws
Tasmania’s Lower House has unanimously passed a bill to provide financial redress to victims of the state’s former laws against homosexuality and...
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UN Experts Condemn ‘Unfolding Genocide’ in Gaza
Media release – UN Office of Human Rights, 7 May 2025 End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN...
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Concern Grows Over Policing Push
Concern is growing over a potential heavy-handed policing approach that has been flagged by the government. Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Police Minister...
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Fake ‘Threats’ — How Trans Issues Become a Weapon
Transgender Australians risk being caught in the crossfire if politicians turn issues that hardly affect most people into supposed threats to broader...
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New UN Report Condemn’s Israel’s Sytematic Human Rights Abuses
Media release – UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, 12 March 2025...
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National Shelter’s 2025 Election Platform
Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis. Those who are the most adversely affected are people on lower incomes or...
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Celebrate Kindness and Inclusion on Human Rights Day
Media release – City of Hobart, 10 December 2024 Celebrate kindness and inclusion on Human Rights Day in Hobart The City of...
