A photo purporting to show an asylum seeker boat before it was intercepted by Australian border officials Source: AAP
The international advocacy group, Amnesty International, has warned Australia must improve its human rights record if it wants to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.Australia's record of sending asylum seekers to Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, mandatory immigration detention, boat push-backs and increasing Indigenous imprisonment rates have been criticised by the group in its annual report. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature prepared by Naomi Selvaratnam.
The international advocacy group, Amnesty International, has warned Australia must improve its human rights record if it wants to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.Australia's record of sending asylum seekers to Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, mandatory immigration detention, boat push-backs and increasing Indigenous imprisonment rates have been criticised by the group in its annual report. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature prepared by Naomi Selvaratnam.
