Alison Battisson
@alisonbattisson.bsky.social
Human Rights Lawyer Director Principal @hr4a.bsky.social Partner Heretic Law Advisor, incl http://awada.com.au All things liberty
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Pay to deport. Australia's shameful return of penal colonies - Michael West
To deport hundreds of refugees to Nauru to cost billions and further damage our already tattered reputation as a defender of human rights.
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Through my work, I often hear of Iranian foreign interference - unknown people in front of houses, calls from Iranian Govern officials, social media posts removed. Constant surveillance in Australia & of families in Iran. Australia - take this seriously www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
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@Nicolette_boele made her maiden speech at Parliament House & she did not mince her words. Strong words re systemic failures & the importance of collaboration for a stronger Australia for the people not for parties. 👏🏽 👏🏻 👏🏾 #womeninleadership #australianparliament #australianpolitics #NSWpolitics
Honoured to attend UWS Law School’s 30th anni & hear The Hon Virgina Bell AC speak. She spoke re 1930s Tuckiar High Court case. Where the laws are clear even prejudice cannot interfere. Tuckiar was acquitted of murdering a white police officer. The court consisted of 5 white privileged men
I’ll definitely be raising a glass tonight🥂to celebrate this moment. #HumanRights #Immigration #Australia #RefugeeRights #LegalAction #Justice
Great to be at the #ChangeDirection launch. Mental health for Indigenous people is a human right. My work incl fighting for indigenous like Gus Kuster, who was held indefinitely in detention (featured on SBS's #BelongingNowhere) #IndigenousRights #Statelessness
Today marks 16 years since the "end" of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The perpetrators have not been held to account. I am speaking at Sydney Town Hall at noon today about the genocide and disappeared - an on going crime of global significance. Join us and add your voice to call for accountability.
Mo Munshi is stuck in Mongolia due to a travel ban. His health is deteriorating - he will die unless the ban is lifted & he can come home. chng.it/Zj4gBHPdvc
Sign the Petition
Help Bring Our Father Home- His Life Depends On It!
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Gus is still being punished. Statelessness exists in Australia & it is time to solve it through the creation of a stateless person visa & pathway to permanence I've known Gus for years - he & society deserve better - we cannot have a stateless underclass www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Belonging nowhere: Stateless in Australia
While statelessness affects millions of people around the world, Australia also has stateless people.The United Nations refugee agency says there are around 8,000 stateless people in Australia, but ex...
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www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast... Episode 2 has dropped today. Statelessness is little known in Australia, but it is a problem here & around the world. Listen to those who are recognised by no country (And advocate for Australia to implement a statelessness visa)
Belonging Nowhere
Imagine not being able to attend school, see a doctor or even open a bank account? This can be the life for stateless people, and there are more than 4 million people across the globe who experience i...
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The international community need to step up, not only for those in Afghanistan but also Afghans waiting in neighbouring countries for visas to safety www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies
The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts
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I speak to ABC PM about Daria and the global migrant crisis with a focus on Afghanistan www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Russian tennis player switches to Australian - ABC listen
Australian Tennis has a new number one female player. Russian born Daria Kasatina has won her first match representing the green and gold.
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If FIFA continues this stance they are helping the Taliban suppress women. This team didn't survive being shot at, assaulted & climbing thru an open sewer to reach safety just for FIFA to deny them recognition. These women & their supporters will cont to fight. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa closes on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late
Team is closer to being able to represent their country four years after exile, but players have expressed their frustration at slow process from Fifa
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Mo Munshi will die in Mongolia unless the governments of Australia and the UK step up and work with the Mongolians to bring him home. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/leg... #BringMoHome
Hell yes!!! About time too. www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in Afghanistan
Today, I can announce that my Office has filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Afghanistan. These filings ha...
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abc.net.au/listen/progr... I speak to @abcnewsnetau.bsky.social calling for the release of Mr Munshi an Australian citizen trapped in Mongolia #bringmohome
Plea to free Australian executive trapped in Mongolia - ABC listen
For almost 10 years, Australian businessman Mohammad Munshi has been stuck in Mongolia. Now he's pleading with the Australian Government to help him leave.
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The UN warns other nations from adopting Australia's offshore immigration prison systems. RACS & I brought separate cases to the UN Human Rights Committee. On Thursday, two landmark rulings were handed down. Read about them below or read them at www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds
GENEVA - In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore dete...
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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2y ago‘I felt less human, not human at all’: Australia faces moral crossroads over Nauru
Novak Djokovic claims he was POISONED in Australia's vaccine 'jail' mol.im/a/14267769 via @MailSport And Novak got special treatment - his food didn't have the maggots
Novak Djokovic claims he was POISONED in Australia's vaccine 'jail'
The tennis star recently revealed the trauma he still endures surrounding his Melbourne Covid nightmare in 2022. Then immigration minister Alex Hawke denied Djokovic entry into the country.
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www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... Do you know what else is "hard to "justify"? Detaining people for unknown periods of time, sending people to random Pacific islands for "processing" but not settlement & creating an industrial immigration prison complex for profit of private companies...
‘Hard to justify’: Albanese lashes Coalition’s handling of 2022 Djokovic detention
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed he still feels trauma coming through Australian customs years after being detained for being unvaccinated during the pandemic.
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Proud to contribute to independent media. In this article, I write about the Politics of Cruelty and the targeting of the most vulnerable for votes, not for any legitimate issue of national concern michaelwest.com.au/cruelty-for-...
Cruelty for Votes: new migration laws criminalise refugees - Michael West
Among the 30 bills elbowed through in the Parliamentary rush were 3 bills agreed by the Government, Opposition further criminalising refugees.
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I spoke to SBS News on the weekend about my recent trip to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention session in Geneva, and about the three Australians detained indefinitely overseas. You can listen here: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
INTERVIEW: Alison Battisson speaks about arbitrary detention
Alison Battisson is a prominent Australian human rights lawyer. She has just spoken before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Geneva, Switzerland, on Australia's immigration de...
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What’s the reality of the 3 migration bills that passed in a sprint last night? In short, to win an election, Labor has flipped its platform and taken a sledgehammer to the human rights of 80,000 people, the vast majority who’ve lived in Australia for 10+ years. Sone examples: 🧵
Don't miss out on this important development - thrilled that the Senate listened to those with lived experience & other experts on the need for Australia to step up to help Aussies wrongfully detained overseas. Happy to have made submissions & been involved www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Wrongful detention of Australian citizens overseas
Report
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These migration bills are a human rights disaster - they go against the rights of the child, families, refugees & stateless. The only reason they were introduced is so Labor can say they are more oppressive than the Coalition. It's a race to the bottom www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor passes migration and social media ban bills after marathon Senate sitting
More than 30 pieces of legislation pass upper house amid flurry of deals with Coalition and Greens
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On behalf of Human Rights For All, I was invited to appear before a closed session of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Geneva earlier in the week to speak on Australia's continuing hard line on immigration detention.
