PREMIER CONFIRMS STATE WILL GO TO POLLS ON MARCH 3

Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman officially kicks off campaigning, confirming a state election will be held on March 3... READ MORE›

LIBERAL JOHN ALEXANDER WINS, LABOR BUOYED BY SWING

Bennelong by-election Liberal John Alexander wins, Labor buoyed by swing... READ MORE›

BARNABY JOYCE SET TO BECOME INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER IN CABINET RESHUFFLE

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to take on the infrastructure portfolio when Malcolm Turnbull announces his Cabinet reshuffle as early as today... READ MORE›

UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST

Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›

TWO MORE SENIOR LIBERAL AIDES TO REPAY $55,000 IN MOVING EXPENSES

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains' chief of staff Elder Marques received 103,997 in moving expenses when he relocated to Ottawa... READ MORE›

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL

Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›

'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA

Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›

OTTAWA TO ANNOUNCE NEW PLAN TO TACKLE TROUBLED PHOENIX PAYROLL SYSTEM

Since the Phoenix system was launched in February 2016, tens of thousands of public servants have been underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all... READ MORE›

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR

Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE

Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS

The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›

PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST

Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›

'IT WAS A MISTAKE': PAULINE HANSON REGRETS WA LIBS DEAL

Mr Tincknell chipped in to nominate Albany, Baldivis, Darling Range and Swan Hills... READ MORE›

THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE

I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›

PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS

MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF

More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS

There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›

NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›

SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS

For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›

AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY

Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›

'PUBLISH OR PERISH': LIBERALS LAUNCH WEBSITE TO LURE SWING VOTERS

Outgoing acting Liberal party director Andrew Bragg used his final speech to introduce the website... READ MORE›

CORY BERNARDI CONFIRMS HE'S LEAVING THE LIBERAL PARTY

Senator Bernardi said politics was failing the Australian people and a better way was needed... READ MORE›

EGYPT COULD FREE JAILED JOURNALIST FAHMY WITHIN HOURS AL JAZEERA

Australian lawmakers have been known to change prime ministers in midterm when they become disaffected... READ MORE›

RUSSELL BRAND DESCRIBES ONE-MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR TUNISIA VICTIMS AS 'ABSOLUTE BULL****'

Russell Brand describes one-minute's silence for Tunisia victims as 'absolute bull '... READ MORE›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT THE CIA TORTURE REPORT

But the Obama administration, having formally banned torture, hasn't lifted a finger to punish those guilty for these egregious human rights abuses... READ MORE›

WOMEN IN INDONESIA SUBJECTED TO PAINFUL 'VIRGINITY TESTS' TO JOIN POLICE FORCE

The Government in Indonesia is subjecting female recruits for its national police to painful and traumatic virginity tests, a human rights watchdog has found... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON DISMISSES RISK OF RIFT WITH US OVER CHINA

Amnesty International has also promised demonstrations in London over China's human rights record... READ MORE›

UN LASHES AUSTRALIAN 'CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY' TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS

"Too often, governments try to avoid their legal obligations to refugees and victims of human trafficking by characterising them all as 'migrants', labelling victims of abuse as 'illegal'," it says... READ MORE›

EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA'S ASYLUM SEEKER POLICY

Australia's asylum seeker policy has been criticised by advocacy groups and human rights organisations as draconian and inhumane... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES TAKES UP COMPLAINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY OIL FIRMS

Activists called the complaint one of a first wave of legal challenges seeking redress for human right violations from climate change... READ MORE›