@jac555.bsky.social
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Universities should be protecting the rights of staff and students to speak about, and protest, international atrocities in Palestine, rather than burying their heads in the sand with vague notions of ‘civility’.
My piece in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/syd...
My piece in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/syd...
Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful
It could become one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest, intellectual freedom and critical debate.
www.smh.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Universities should be protecting the rights of staff and students to speak about, and protest, international atrocities in Palestine, rather than burying their heads in the sand with vague notions of ‘civility’.
My piece in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/syd...
My piece in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/syd...
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New from our Board Member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in the Australian Journal of Human Rights: whether the use of solitary confinement in Australian prisons amounts to torture, and the risk that perpetrators act with impunity.
Perpetrators who turn the key: the risk of impunity for torture in Australian prisons
This article examines the relevant international human rights frameworks that apply to holding people to account for torture in places of detention, and explores the extent to which they are incorp...
doi.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
New from our Board Member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in the Australian Journal of Human Rights: whether the use of solitary confinement in Australian prisons amounts to torture, and the risk that perpetrators act with impunity.
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"Governments spend money on the things that matter to them (building prisons), and drag their feet about the things that seemingly do not (preventing torture in prisons)."
Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz on Australia's resistance to adopting the OPCAT.
Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz on Australia's resistance to adopting the OPCAT.
Showing what really matters to us: on Australia’s continuing failure to honour the UN Convention Against Torture - Overland literary journal
So why have there been no — or only limited — moves to implement the bare minimum obligations pursuant to the OPCAT? The answer appears to be a lack of political will and a dangerous disregard for the...
overland.org.au
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"Governments spend money on the things that matter to them (building prisons), and drag their feet about the things that seemingly do not (preventing torture in prisons)."
Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz on Australia's resistance to adopting the OPCAT.
Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz on Australia's resistance to adopting the OPCAT.
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@moniquehurley.bsky.social and I on the media-manufactured crime panic in Victoria and why Premier Allan's reactionary bail changes will make communities less safe #bailsaveslives #poccumslaw
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
Why is tabloid media writing Victoria's bail laws? - Right Now
The Victorian Premier's so-called 'Tough Bail Laws' is regressive reform that represents weak-willed politics, says Monique Hurley and Dr Emma Russell.
rightnow.org.au
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@moniquehurley.bsky.social and I on the media-manufactured crime panic in Victoria and why Premier Allan's reactionary bail changes will make communities less safe #bailsaveslives #poccumslaw
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
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Imagine if – instead of spending $1.54 billion a year on prisons – the Victorian government built up the supports needed to help people avoid contact with the criminal legal system to begin with?
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
Why is tabloid media writing Victoria's bail laws? - Right Now
The Victorian Premier's so-called 'Tough Bail Laws' is regressive reform that represents weak-willed politics, says Monique Hurley and Dr Emma Russell.
rightnow.org.au
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Imagine if – instead of spending $1.54 billion a year on prisons – the Victorian government built up the supports needed to help people avoid contact with the criminal legal system to begin with?
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
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Media Release: Allan Government hands police excessive stop and search powers
In the same week as pushing through discriminatory bail laws, the Allan Government has handed Victoria Police almost unlimited stop and search powers.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/news/allan-g...
In the same week as pushing through discriminatory bail laws, the Allan Government has handed Victoria Police almost unlimited stop and search powers.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/news/allan-g...
Allan Government hands police excessive stop and search powers | Human Rights Law Centre
People could be stopped and searched at any time and for no reason for up to six months in designated areas of Victoria under expanded police search powers passed by the Allan Government today, says t...
www.hrlc.org.au
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Media Release: Allan Government hands police excessive stop and search powers
In the same week as pushing through discriminatory bail laws, the Allan Government has handed Victoria Police almost unlimited stop and search powers.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/news/allan-g...
In the same week as pushing through discriminatory bail laws, the Allan Government has handed Victoria Police almost unlimited stop and search powers.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/news/allan-g...
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Bail saves lives, but the Allan Government is introducing dangerous and discriminatory bail laws.
We stand with VALS and 93 Aboriginal, human rights, community and legal organisations in calling on the Allan Government to instead implement #PoccumsLaw.
www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
We stand with VALS and 93 Aboriginal, human rights, community and legal organisations in calling on the Allan Government to instead implement #PoccumsLaw.
www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
March 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Bail saves lives, but the Allan Government is introducing dangerous and discriminatory bail laws.
We stand with VALS and 93 Aboriginal, human rights, community and legal organisations in calling on the Allan Government to instead implement #PoccumsLaw.
www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
We stand with VALS and 93 Aboriginal, human rights, community and legal organisations in calling on the Allan Government to instead implement #PoccumsLaw.
www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
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Media Release: Urgent complaint made to the UN about Aboriginal children's incarceration
Australia’s punitive laws are fuelling a mass incarceration crisis and violating the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news...
Australia’s punitive laws are fuelling a mass incarceration crisis and violating the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news...
March 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Media Release: Urgent complaint made to the UN about Aboriginal children's incarceration
Australia’s punitive laws are fuelling a mass incarceration crisis and violating the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news...
Australia’s punitive laws are fuelling a mass incarceration crisis and violating the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Read more: www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news...
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UN urged to rule on Australia's 'racist' youth crime laws: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/un-urged-to-rule-on-australias-youth-crime-laws/105116196
UN urged to rule on Australia's 'racist' youth crime laws
Human rights lawyers and Aboriginal leaders lodge a complaint urging the United Nations to address Australia's "discriminatory" and "punitive" youth justice policies.
www.abc.net.au
March 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
UN urged to rule on Australia's 'racist' youth crime laws: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/un-urged-to-rule-on-australias-youth-crime-laws/105116196
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The VIC Government has announced plans to reverse its 2023 bail reforms.
This will hurt children, families, and communities. Harsh bail laws put thousands of people in prison who likely won’t be sentenced to a term of imprisonment and may not even be convicted of a crime.
Read our media release:
This will hurt children, families, and communities. Harsh bail laws put thousands of people in prison who likely won’t be sentenced to a term of imprisonment and may not even be convicted of a crime.
Read our media release:
March 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The VIC Government has announced plans to reverse its 2023 bail reforms.
This will hurt children, families, and communities. Harsh bail laws put thousands of people in prison who likely won’t be sentenced to a term of imprisonment and may not even be convicted of a crime.
Read our media release:
This will hurt children, families, and communities. Harsh bail laws put thousands of people in prison who likely won’t be sentenced to a term of imprisonment and may not even be convicted of a crime.
Read our media release:
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"Governments spend money on the things that matter to them (building prisons), and drag their feet about the things that seemingly do not (preventing torture in prisons)."
Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
Showing what really matters to us: on Australia’s continuing failure to honour the UN Convention Against Torture - Overland literary journal
So why have there been no — or only limited — moves to implement the bare minimum obligations pursuant to the OPCAT? The answer appears to be a lack of political will and a dangerous disregard for the...
overland.org.au
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Governments spend money on the things that matter to them (building prisons), and drag their feet about the things that seemingly do not (preventing torture in prisons)."
Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
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And for Australia:
Colorado forced every county jail to open a polling place in November for incarcerated voters. This had never happened in the country.
Guess what resulted?
Jail turnout rose *500%* over 2020.
Many lessons here for the rest of the U.S.
New in @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
Guess what resulted?
Jail turnout rose *500%* over 2020.
Many lessons here for the rest of the U.S.
New in @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups - Bolts
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but Colorado's first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And for Australia:
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GEO Group operates two prisons right here in Victoria.
GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company stands to gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from detaining and surveilling undocumented immigrants. New for
@theappeal.org.
@theappeal.org.
Private Prison Exec Calls Mass Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’
GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company could gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from the Trump administration’s policies.
theappeal.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
GEO Group operates two prisons right here in Victoria.