High Court Decides Indefinite Immigration Detention Unlawful High Court decision has potential for undefendable claims for damages against the Commonwealth
The Federal Government has been ordered to pay an Iraqi asylum seeker $350,000 in damages for unlawfully detaining him for
Four years ago, Peter O’Brien delivered a bag full of cash to two Indonesian boys in their village of Bau
An asylum seeker who experiences seizures when handcuffed has launched a landmark test case against the Federal Government. The case
A detainee asylum seeker at Christmas Island was subdued by five guards when his head was pressed down into the ground,
Australia’s Constitution as it stands protects only a limited number of rights. Most of them have been read as ‘implied
In August 2017, the Myanmar military launched violent attacks against the Rohingya people, an ethnic minority in the country. These
The latest Human Rights Watch report released yesterday provides extensive criticism of Australia’s Human Rights records. O’Brien Criminal and Civil
In a case that could change immigration policy as we know it and provide fresh hope to refugees trapped in
