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Australia risks Human Rights Council chances without policy change, says Amnesty

Một chiếc thuyền tầm trú trước khi bị cư quan bảo vệ biên giới Úc ngăn chận
Một chiếc thuyền tầm trú trước khi bị cư quan bảo vệ biên giới Úc ngăn chận 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.


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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.


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