Australia

Sexual harassment, bullying widespread in Australia police: Report

Aug 22, 2016 09:59

Almost fifty percent of women working for Australia’s national police have been sexually harassed in the past five year, a new report reveals.
Australia, Papua New Guinea to close refugee camp on Manus Island

Aug 17, 2016 11:49

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) agreed Wednesday to close a controversial camp of asylum seekers on the remote Manus Island, weeks after a court ruled that holding refugees in the facility was illegal.
Calls grow for probe into disturbing abuse of refugees by Australia

Aug 15, 2016 12:30

Opposition parties in Australia and New Zealand have joined calls for an inquiry into recent disturbing reports about the abuse of asylum-seekers on remote Pacific islands.
UN voices concern about child abuse in Australia's refugee center

Aug 13, 2016 04:12

The United Nations human rights body has voiced concern about reports of abuse in the Australian-run offshore detention facility on the Pacific Island of Nauru.
Australia denies report of sexual abuse against refugees on off-shore centers

Aug 11, 2016 10:06

Australian authorities have denied a report that detailed alleged cases of sexual abuse against refugees in an Australian-run off-shore detention center, accusing the asylum seekers of making false allegations of sexual harassment.
‘Far-right’ Australian man charged with planning terror attacks

Aug 07, 2016 09:34

An Australian man, reportedly linked to anti-Islam and anti-refugee groups, has been arrested on charges of planning terror attacks in the country.
‘Racist’ cartoon strokes debate over abuse of Australian natives

Aug 06, 2016 12:29

An Australian newspaper cartoon widely slammed as racist has renewed a national debate on the discriminatory treatment of the country’s native people amid a scandal over the abuse of Aboriginal minors in prison cells.
Australia suspends aid to NGO over Zionist reigme claims of ‘Hamas links’

Aug 05, 2016 09:59

Australia has suspended funding for operations of a major international NGO in the occupied Palestinian lands following Israeli regime claims that the director of its Gaza branch diverted millions of dollars to the resistance movement, Hamas.
Australians protest against teen abuse in detention centers

Jul 31, 2016 02:55

Hundreds of Australians protested Saturday against the maltreatment of minors in detention centers, less than a week after a shocking video emerged showing the abuse of aboriginal children in a prison in the Northern Territory.
Australia counter-sues minors abused in Northern Territory prison

Jul 29, 2016 10:38

Australia has launched a counter-suit against two of the six aboriginal children recently revealed to have been abused by prison guards, alleging the minors had damaged the prison in an escape attempt.