Tag: Rights
Iran suspends stoning sentence
Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said, after weeks of condemnation from around the world.[MORE]
Permit rules eased for APY Lands
Government employees, contractors and journalists will no longer need a permit to enter Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north-west.[MORE]
New mine cleared to start production
Another South Australian iron ore mine is expected to start production early next year.[MORE]
Street preachers silenced by court ruling
A group of Christians has been banned from preaching in Adelaide's main shopping precinct.[MORE]
Kirby opens centre for human rights and health
A new centre named after former High Court judge Justice Michael Kirby will focus on how human rights affect health.[MORE]
World is watching Palm Island death: Smallwood
Queensland Indigenous rights campaigner Gracelyn Smallwood says the government needs to introduce a Bill of Rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.[MORE]
Calls for constitution revamp to combat discrimination
A damning UN report into discrimination against Indigenous Australians is being used to push for a change to the constitution.[MORE]
UN says discrimination embedded in Australia
The UN has rebuked the Australian government over its treatment of Aboriginals, and raised concerns about the handling of asylum seekers.[MORE]
Nokia phone landed journalist in Iranian jail
A jailed Iranian journalist is suing phone company Nokia on the grounds its surveillance technology helped Iranian authorities hunt him down.[MORE]
Joint native title decision sets precedent
The Kimberley Land Council in Western Australia says a native title determination, over land north of Broome, sets a national precedent on how cultural groups are defined.[MORE]
Cattle company fined for slavery
A company running ranches in Brazil has been fined $US2.9 million ($3.23 million) for keeping 180 of its workers in slavery on two of its properties, the country's High Labor Court announced.[MORE]
President condemns stoning of Afghan couple
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has condemned the stoning to death of a young couple by the Taliban as "unforgivable".[MORE]
Afghan couple stoned to death for love affair
A man and woman have been stoned to death in northern Afghanistan after being accused by the Taliban of having a love affair, a witness and an official said on Monday.[MORE]
Commissioner wanted to uphold children's rights
The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission says Australia is not doing enough to uphold the rights of children.[MORE]
UN to critique Australia's human rights record
The United Nations will examine Australia's human rights record today.[MORE]
Taliban execute pregnant woman
The Taliban publicly flogged and then executed a pregnant Afghan widow by shooting her three times in the head for alleged adultery, police said on Monday.[MORE]
Keating, news and that vexing right to know
Most of the Australian media, will go gunning for Paul Keating who argues against media self-regulation where privacy is concerned.[MORE]
Give me liberty or give me...
We talk glibly about liberties being "hard-won", but with the exception of coups and revolutions, they can be easily and silently lost.[MORE]
Blind man fights for voting changes
A blind man fights for the right to cast a secret ballot at SA elections.[MORE]
UN enshrines water access as a human right
The United Nations General Assembly has declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right.[MORE]
Police defend using Go Card data for investigations
Queensland police are defending their right to access information stored on Go Cards.[MORE]
Iran 'trying to arrest' stoning woman's lawyer
Iranian opposition groups say police have been trying to execute an arrest warrant on the lawyer of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death.[MORE]
MP seeks ban on burkas in banks
A private member's bill to ban women from wearing a burka in some circumstances in South Australia has been introduced by Independent MP Bob Such.[MORE]
Tribunal seals Mount Coolon Indigenous land use agreement
One of Queensland's largest Indigenous land use agreements has been ratified in the state's north.[MORE]
Time running out for stolen wage claims: QCU
The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) says time is running out for Indigenous people to claim stolen wages.[MORE]
