Keywords: Torture Convention
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INTERNATIONAL
- Georgina Pike
- 04 April 2007
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Georgina Pike on the plight of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been sent to Christmas Island.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 02 April 2007
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Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews justified his decision send the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Nauru, on the grounds that it was necessary to send a message to other would-be illegal immigrants. It is like a teacher beginning class by beating a couple of boys at random in order to discourage others from playing up.
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AUSTRALIA
- Anthony Ham, Kath O’Connor, Bruce Duncan, Clive Shepherd
- 01 July 2006
Any excuse, Privatise or perish, Clear and present danger, Keep left unless undertaking
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Frank Brennan’s Tampering with Asylum prompts Peter Mares to look at this issue again.
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AUSTRALIA
The following essays by Morag Fraser and John Schumann are edited addresses from the Jesuit Lenten Seminar Series held in February–March 2005.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 April 2006
Over the last year a major chasm has opened between decisions of Australia’s High Court and those of the UK House of Lords and the US Supreme Court regarding issues of national security such as the long-term mandatory detention of stateless asylum seekers.
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