-
Free
media week killings underscore crimes of impunity against journalists
Asia Pacific Report. May 3, 2018
-
Scientists
say Asia faces disaster from soaring temperatures if climate change goes
unchecked Japan Times. July 14, 2017
-
'Global
gag rule' jeopardises future of Asia health initiatives, campaigners say
The Guardian. January 26, 2017
-
Asylum
seekers riot on Manus Island after refugee death: police SBS News.
December 25, 2016
-
Multinationals
launch 50 lawsuits worth $31b against Asian nations ABC Radio Australia.
December 8, 2016
-
Pro-asylum
protest halts Australia's parliament BBC News. November 30, 2016
-
Development
as unfreedom: Shrinking democratic spaces in Asia Irrawaddy. November
16, 2016
-
US
refugee swap is human trafficking dressed up as humanism Red Flag.
November 15, 2016
-
Trump
wants a wall, but Australia's current border regime is worse Red
Flag. November 8, 2016
-
Treatment
of refugees is 'deliberate torture' Amnesty Red Flag. October 24,
2016
-
'Island
of despair': Australia intentionally torturing refugees on Nauru, says
major Amnesty International report Sydney Morning Herald. October
18, 2016
-
How
bad is hunger in Asia? Asia News Network. October 16, 2016
-
Australian
border operations 'a lawless venture with evidence of criminal activity'
Red Flag. November 10, 2015
-
UN
slams Australia's regional processing centres in Nauru Sydney Morning
Herald. October 7, 2016
-
Leaked
Nauru files show horrors of Australia's refugee detention system
SBS News. August 10, 2016
-
Rights
groups: Australia ignoring abuse at refugee camps Associated Press.
August 3, 2016
-
Asia's
human rights activists condemn brutal past and present call for brighter
future Jakarta Globe. December 15, 2015
-
Countries
line up to criticise Australia for its treatment of asylum seekers
Sydney Morning Herald. November 10, 2015
-
Amnesty
details brutal consequences of Tony Abbott's asylum seeker boat turn-back
directive Sydney Morning Herald. October 29, 2015
-
Australian
officials paid asylum seeker boat crew, Amnesty investigation alleges
The Guardian. October 28, 2015
-
Asia's
'infrastructure gap' threatens to hamper growth Associated Press.
August 18, 2015
-
Labor
activists: US-led Pacific trade deal puts profit over people Thomson
Reuters Foundation. August 11, 2015
-
Nauru
files expose barbarity at the heart of Australian capitalism By Louise
O'Shea. August 15, 2016
-
Asia
flooding: Hundreds dead, 1 million displaced as monsoon rains hit Myanmar,
India, Pakistan Agence France Presse. August 3, 2015
-
Asia's
LGBT people migrate to escape violence at home Thomson Reuters Foundation.
April 9, 2015
-
Turning
back the boats is a moral and legal failure, say academics The Guardian.
March 12, 2015
-
Abbott:
Australia 'sick of being lectured' on migration BBC News. March 9,
2015
-
Thousands
protest in NZ cities against Pacific-wide free trade Pacific Scoop.
March 7, 2015
-
Top-secret
documents reveal Australia targeting Indonesia, South Pacific mobile phone
networks Sydney Morning Herald. March 5, 2015
-
Sri
Lanka arrests 37 asylum seekers sent back by Australia Australian
Associated Press. November 29, 2014
-
Scott
Morrison thumbs his nose at Indonesia, and sets back the only humane solution
for refugees The Guardian. November 19, 2014
-
Australia
is blocking refugees registered in Indonesia. What will happen now?
The Guardian. November 19, 2014
-
Asylum
seekers registered with UNHCR in Indonesia blocked from resettlement
The Guardian. November 18, 2014
-
Australia
Network set to go off the air in the Asia and Pacific region ABC
Radio Australia. September 27, 2014
-
Affluence
eludes poor crowding into Asian cities Associated Press. September
22, 2014
-
Across
Asia's borders, labor activists team up to press wage claims Reuters.
August 18, 2014
-
Anonymous
Save The Children workers condemn 'systematic' rights violation at Nauru
detention centre ABC Radio Australia. August 14, 2014
-
'Terrified'
Tamil asylum seekers almost sent back to India on orange lifeboats they
were taught to operate, advocates say ABC Radio Australia. August
4, 2014
-
Australia
asylum: 'Cover-up on child health', inquiry told BBC News. July 31,
2014
-
'Grave
concerns' over Australia asylum centre top rights official BBC
News. July 24, 2014
-
Julian
Burnside says government could be guilty of piracy for holding 153 asylum
seekers at sea ABC Radio Australia. July 10, 2014
-
High
Court injunction blocks handover of 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
ABC Radio Australia. July 7, 2014
-
The
life and awful death of a Tamil asylum seeker in Australia The Guardian.
June 4, 2014
-
Asian
logging companies 'use British islands for tax dodging' The Observer.
May 10, 2014
-
Australia's
asylum policies repeatedly criticised by UN officials at conference
The Guardian. April 23, 2014
-
Asylum
seeker children describe Christmas Island detention centre as 'hell', commission
says ABC Radio Australia. March 24, 2014
-
Asia-Pacific
countries failing to stop forest loss, UN warns Reuters. March 11,
2014
-
New
website WildLeaks invites whistleblowers in Asia-Pacific to report wildlife
crime ABC News. February 27, 2014
-
Archive
>>
|
|
| -Statements
& Press Releases |
-
Australia
has turned Nauru into an open-air prison Amnesty International News
Release. October 17, 2016
-
Australia:
Appalling abuse, neglect of refugees on Nauru Amnesty International
News Release. August 2, 2016
-
Asia:
Victims and Laureates of Gwangju Prize for Human Rights demand justice
to torture and enforced disappearances Asian Human Rights Commission
Statement. December 17, 2015
-
Australia:
Damning evidence of officials' involvement in transnational crime uncovered
Amnesty International Public Statement. October 28, 2015
-
AHRC
Asia: Civil society needs to converge to protect rights - Asian Human
Rights Commission News Release. December 11, 2013
-
Australia:
East Asia visit should highlight rights - Human Rights Watch Statement.
December 4, 2013
-
Australia:
Address rights abroad and at home - Human Rights Watch Statement. October
14, 2013
-
Letter
to Prime Minister Tony Abbott Re: Human Rights in Foreign and Domestic
Policy - Human Rights Watch. October 14, 2013
-
Asia:
Thorough police reform a prerequisite to end the culture of torture
- Asian Human Rights Commission Statement. June 25, 2013
-
Indonesia/Australia:
Protect 'boat children' - Human Rights Watch Statement . September
10, 2012
-
Archive
>>
|
|
Recent
news reports, press statements and media releases on the Asia Pacific region
are located on the home page.
APSN
Google search