Beyond Bars: Reflecting on the Rights of Victoria's Prisoners

Date: 
Wednesday 1 July 2015
Time: 
6.15pm to 7.15pm
Venue: 
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne

Prisoners need internet access for their education, human rights group Liberty Victoria says

Submitted by admin on Thu, 26/02/2015 - 00:00

Statement following Submission on the Rehabilitation and Re-integration for Prisoners

Prisoners need internet access for their education, human rights group Liberty Victoria says.

This follows a successful trial of prisoners having internet access in the ACT.

Journalists facing jail in Thailand need more help from Canberra, says human rights group

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Wed, 08/07/2015 - 00:04

The Federal Government is urged to redouble its efforts to help an Australian journalist and his colleague facing charges of criminal defamation and computer crimes in Thailand.

“Just as in the case of Peter Greste in Egypt we have a case of a harsh crackdown on the media,” said the president of Liberty Victoria, George Georgiou SC. “In Egypt Greste was reporting on unrest inside the country. In Thailand the story has been on human rights abuses against ethnic Rohingya migrants.”

Operation Gag. An evening of music and political satire

Date: 
14 August 2015
Time: 
7.30 pm
Venue: 
The Kelvin Club 14 - 30 Melbourne Place Melbourne

Discussion Panel: 'The Use of Drones in Australia: An Agenda for Reform'

Date: 
29 July 2015
Time: 
5.30pm to 6.30pm (please arrive at 5.15pm)
Venue: 
Colin Biggers & Paisley, Level 23, 181 William Street Melbourne

Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015

The councils for civil liberties across Australia (Liberty Victoria, New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, South Australia Council for Civil Liberties and the Australian Council for Civil Liberties) collaborated around this submission because the issue of citizen stripping is of great national significance.

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