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Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

A human rights group says dozens of people in Haiti’s capital have been killed in a clash between a powerful gang coalition and armed men who apparently broke away from it

An inquiry has heard that greater federal oversight is necessary to stop child predators from exploiting gaps in Australia's childcare sector.

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

Detainees describe guards routinely beating and pressuring immigrants to hop border fences

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, one of Syria's priorities was to establish transitional justice to prevent the country from being engulfed in revenge. However, a year on, the country's new authorities have been slow to implement this, and new crimes are being added to the…

Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report finds

Benny Zable worries Victoria police powers will target mask wearers, while Tarneen Onus Browne warns it will ‘supercharge the harassment’ of Indigenous people

A protest organiser and performance artist are challenging a decision to declare an entire city's CBD and surrounds a designated search area for six months.

Leaked documents reveal Intellexa's Predator spyware hiding in online ads to infect phones within seconds, raising global privacy and human rights concerns.