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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney said she was "dismayed" by the government's actions.

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Amal Clooney is calling for Australia to adopt the sanctions regime.

Amal Clooney fronts parliamentary hearing on sanctions for human rights abusers

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has urged Australia to go after companies complicit in human rights abuses, including against Uighur Muslims in China.

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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has welcomed the Australian government's consideration of Magnitsky-style legislation.

Clooney calls on Australia to adopt new laws in the name of press freedom

The high-profile international human rights lawyer is calling on the Morrison government to help protect journalists from human rights abuses around the world.

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Journalist Annika Smethurst, whose home was raided by the Australian Federal Police, listens on as media bosses call for greater press freedom.

Australia leads the Western world on media restrictions: UN rapporteur

Governments need to concede that journalism is “special”, says the UN press freedom rapporteur, because protecting them protects the public’s right to information.

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British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney speaks at the Media Freedom conference.

'Be better than North Korea': Amal Clooney warns Australia on press freedom

Australia must pay more than "lip service" to press freedom or it will set a bad example for oppressive regimes around the world, lawyer Amal Clooney says.

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, going to her baby shower at the Mark Hotel on Wednesday.

Amal Clooney, Serena Williams at Meghan Markle's star-studded baby shower

Kate Middleton, Markle's sister-in-law, was not in attendance at the glamorous baby shower in a $105,000-a-night New York penthouse.

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