Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Thu, 24/09/2015 - 09:52
The human rights group Liberty Victoria is overjoyed at the news of the release of two journalists from an Egyptian prison.
Al Jazeera staff Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy were pardoned by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and released from prison in Cairo yesterday.
Liberty President George Georgiou SC said today, “Images of the men being reunited with their families are deeply moving, and remind us of the importance of the fight against arbitrary politically motivated imprisonment of journalists.”
On the 12th of September, at our annual fundraising dinner at the San Remo Ballroom, the Liberty Victoria 2015 Voltaire Award was made to the "three brothers", Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste,
Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Mon, 12/10/2015 - 19:04
A mass surveillance regime will tomorrow, 13 October, convert Australia’s communications industry into a government surveillance and monitoring agency.
Liberty Victoria said today that few people would be fully aware of the vast reach of this legislation and the potential for it to be used by some government agencies to spy on individuals.
This document sets out the policy position of Liberty Victoria on the “No Jab, No Play” provisions in Victoria. The provisions are found in the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (No Jab, No Play) Act2015 (the Act) and will take effect on 1 January 2016. They will exclude preschool children from childcare or Kindergarten facilities unless they are up to date with the Commonwealth’s prescribed vaccination schedule. Exemption on medical grounds is allowed but not exemption on the basis of conscientious objection.
