Human rights lawyer Sara Saleh has alleged senior management at the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk, and leaked information about her resignation from the commission to a rightwing shock jock, the Senate has heard.
Saleh, who was employed as a legal researcher at the commisson, is one of at least seven staff in the last quarter to quit the AHRC alleging concern over the commission’s treatment of staff who express support for Palestinians, the Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi told the Senate on Wednesday.