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Jennifer Robinson is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister.

Assange may be free, but journalism everywhere is in chains

Assange may be free, but journalism everywhere is in chains

Journalists and publishers remain under threat all over the world, especially in our region. Australia, which is no beacon for media freedom, needs to step up.

  • by Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jennifer Robinson

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We can’t pander to China. Hong Kong Australians need us to speak up for them
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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
Silencing dissent: WikiLeaks and the violation of human rights

Silencing dissent: WikiLeaks and the violation of human rights

Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson says his case needs to be recognised for what it is: persecution for robustly publishing what the powerful do not want the public to see.

  • by Jennifer Robinson
Government must do more to free Waled Youssef from Egyptian jail

Government must do more to free Waled Youssef from Egyptian jail

Events at the start of the year now seem, to some, like long-lost memories. But for one Australian family, January 2020 will never be forgotten.

  • by Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jennifer Robinson
The escalating human rights crisis on our doorstep that no one is watching

The escalating human rights crisis on our doorstep that no one is watching

While the world focuses on the demonstrations in Hong Kong and the crackdown in Kashmir, West Papua is barely mentioned.

  • by Jennifer Robinson

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