Human rights
Women banned from raising their voices, looking at other men in Taliban crackdown
Religious police are roaming bus stops and shopping centres searching for dress code violations or any women who might laugh or raise their voices.
- by Rick Noack
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Opinion
Freedom of speech
Lattouf and Gillham were punished for an opinion. It’s a threat that hangs over all Australians
It’s one thing to stop workers from criticising their employer publicly. But recent cases in which they’ve been sanctioned for merely expressing views reveal a grave danger.
- by Greg Barns SC
Jewish leaders warn weak hate speech laws won’t stop ‘ugly’ threats, chants and slurs
The war in Gaza has reopened a debate over hate speech in Australia. Jewish leaders say Labor’s new watered-down hate crimes laws fall short.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Discrimination
Labor’s promised hate speech bill will not deal with ‘hate speech’
Albanese pledged to protect Australians from hate speech. Sources familiar with the legislation said it had been weakened in the final stages.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Freedom of speech
It’s dangerous to talk politics at work – especially if you want to keep your job
Dolly Parton recommends keeping your mouth shut if you want to stay in show business. Much the same could be said for any workplace in Australia.
- by Paul O'Halloran
Opinion
Disability
Bill Shorten is wrong. The case for NDIS funding of sex workers
Sex worker Rachel Wotton specialises in providing services to people with disability – and she’s furious that the NDIS minister has declared that they do not deserve her support.
- by Peter FitzSimons
The university vowed not to spy on students. Now it’s using tracking data to punish them
Human rights experts have raised concerns over the University of Melbourne’s use of tracking technology to identify students staging a pro-Palestinian sit-in on campus.
- by Alex Crowe
China renames hundreds of villages in Xinjiang to scrub away Uyghur identity: Human Rights Watch
Villages once known by religious, historical or cultural terms of the Muslim minority group now carry names like “Red flag” or “Unity”.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Hong Kong
We can’t pander to China. Hong Kong Australians need us to speak up for them
The visit by Chinese Premier Li Quang is an opportunity to make clear Australia’s discomfort with how quickly freedoms are vanishing in Hong Kong.
- by Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jennifer Robinson
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Religious freedom
A school parent discovered Charlotte was gay on Facebook. Days later, she was sacked
A Sydney Christian school fired their music teacher because of her sexuality in the weeks since the government threatened to shelve new laws that would protect LGBTQ staff from discrimination.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Man held in psychiatric hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club
The man had filed an application to set up the club in Abbottabad, the conservative northern city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed.
- by Mohammad Zubair Khan
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