Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria

  • 'Testing time' for PM over human rights

    Press Release
    Post date: December 3, 2015
    The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a test in trying to move beyond the Abbott era rhetoric on terrorism, a leading human rights group said today. Liberty Victoria says Mr Turnbull has been confronted by an outburst by his Chief Whip, Andrew Nikolic, who claims the threat of terrorism is so... Read more

  • President's report 2015

    Liberty Victoria Updates
    Post date: November 24, 2015
    There can be little doubt that the cause of civil liberties and human rights has suffered a serious setback in recent times. There are a number of reasons that have been offered for this. Some understandable, others not. It is, however, worth pausing to reflect that once gone those rights and... Read more

  • Privacy on the net to end, human rights group warns

    Press Release
    Post date: October 12, 2015
    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... Read more

  • Leanne O'Donnell: Data regime will see us funding our own surveillance

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: October 8, 2015

  • Julian Burnside: Why can't we know what's happening on Nauru and Manus Island?

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: October 8, 2015

  • Copping a spray

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: October 2, 2015

  • Mornings with Waleed Aly on 774 ABC Melbourne - Prof S Zifcak interview

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: September 29, 2015

  • Voltaire Award Dinner 2015

    Liberty Victoria Updates
    Post date: September 24, 2015
    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, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The award was given in recognition of their courage and persistence... Read more

  • Journalists' release but a first step, says rights group

    Press Release
    Post date: September 24, 2015
    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... Read more

  • Help for former prisoners good for community, says human rights group

    Press Release
    Post date: September 23, 2015
    More money is needed to support prisoners on release, leading to greater public safety and a saving of taxes. The rights group, Liberty Victoria, said this today in welcoming the Victorian Ombudsman’s report into prisoner rehabilitation. Particularly pleasing are recommended changes to the... Read more

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