Belgian sociologist Jean-Claude Paye believes David Hicks’ treatment by America and Australia has ramifications far beyond a simple nine months jail term. Hicks’ rendition from Afghanistan and detention in Guantanamo – as well as his subsequent local jai…
How Osama bin Laden and his ever-growing band of hirsute terrorists must be chuckling at the total shambles the APEC meeting is creating for great numbers of very cross residents. Al-Qaeda only needs to produce a little internet noise and Bush et al go i…
Has the Government’s offshore detention centres and tough stance on refugees deterred unscrupulous people-smugglers?
I do not think so. Now they can bring people to Australia legally under the 457 visa scheme. Unfortunately, many of these hapless souls…
Marvellous piece on Saturday by Jack Waterford (“Keys to Haneef case locked in secret compartment”, pB2). He didn’t mention but might well have done that the police have announced they are to complain about Haneef’s lawyers conduct, in issuing the second…
Attorney-General Ruddock is criticising lawyers and civil libertarians who are championing the rule of law in Australia, and supporting an Immigration Minister who is denying the presumption of innocence and a police force leaking against all the rules o…
A Minister with a track record of not respecting democratically-enacted law has spat in the face of the judiciary by locking up, by his own bureaucratic decision, a man freed on bail earlier the same day by a magistrate. Zimbabwe? A Middle Eastern dictat…
CLA congratulates police for listening to the community and introducing training for all officers serving in the watchhouse. Introducing watchhouse training was they key recommendation in CLA’s submission to the ACT Watchhouse Review, run by police and t…
Photo: Amanda Alford, CLA CEO Bill Rowlings and professonal supervisor Ernst Willheim discuss progress during the internship.Photo by Kris Klugman
In five years since 11 Sept 01, Australia has spent $10.4 billion on security, and Parliament has passed 5…
John Howard says because Saddam was given a “proper trial” we should all support his subsequent execution. Does he seriously think the travesty which took place in Baghdad was a proper trial?
So if we now follow his logic, the si…
With David Hicks’ return to Australia secured, there are still 118 Australians detained in overseas jails, with the largest contingent of 16 locked up in America. CLA is mounting a campaign to highlight the situation of these ‘forgotten’ people.
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