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Australians abroad at growing risk of being detained and ‘used as pawns’ by rogue nations, inquiry warns

Special envoy needed to help free citizens subjected to ‘hostage diplomacy’ by authoritarian regimes, senate committee finds

The Guardian - AU

Australians risk being 'pawns' in hostage diplomacy

Australians wrongfully detained overseas are being short-changed by gaps in a system that needs to bolster support, a report has found.

AAP

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Former detainees wrongfully held overseas have opened up about being used by governments as "bargaining chips" and the lack of support when they arrive home.

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Political prisoners concerned by diplomacy red tape

Australians wrongfully detained oversees are decrying being freed only to fall through the cracks back home, citing lack of support for them and their families.

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Humanitarian aid to Myanmar people amid junta brutality

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reaffirmed Australia's support for the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer under the oppressive rule of the military junta.

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Former detainees urge 'creative' approach to hostages

A group of Australians detained by authoritarian regimes have urged liberal democracies to work together and become more creative in managing hostage diplomacy.

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Vigil condemns 'silence' over sexual violence claims

Hundreds of people from Melbourne's Jewish community have held a vigil for Israeli women they say are facing sexual violence by Hamas.

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Actor and Sydney peace prize winner Nazanin Boniadi urges Australia to sanction key Iranian officials

Activist says regime officials such as Eisa Zarepour, who did his PhD at University of NSW, should be disempowered and de-platformed

The Guardian - AU

Sydney man fears Iran's execution of cousin arrested in protests is 'imminent'

Family members visiting Majid Kazemi in jail in Iran said they were informed their last visit would be their final one.

ABC News

Australia rethinks ‘quiet diplomacy’ tactic as Cheng Lei marks 1,000 days in Chinese detention

Department of Foreign Affairs introduces new measures including asking former detainees to provide views on media tactics and support after their release

The Guardian - AU

Sydney man campaigning to save cousin, Majid Kazemi, from death row after Iran protests

Sydney man Mohammed Hashemi says his cousin is facing execution "any day now" for his role in Iran's protests, and he's calling on Australians to help.

ABC News

Hostage survivor Kylie Moore-Gilbert tells inquiry many Australians are being watched by Iran's regime

Kylie Moore-Gilbert says the Iranian government has infiltrated Australia and has been monitoring her movements as well as the activities of Australians who speak out against its human rights abuses.

ABC News

Sanctions urged for 'child-killer regime'

Activists and dual-nationals are calling on Australia to end negotiations with the Iranian government in the wake of escalating human rights abuses.

AAP

Australian among 40 foreign nationals held in Iran’s jails amid escalating protests

Regime refuses to provide consular access as it does not recognise dual nationality, Dfat says

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‘Quiet diplomacy hasn’t worked’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert says jailed engineer needs public pressure

The formerly detained Australian academic said a public campaign could strengthen the government’s negotiating position in bringing Robert Pether home.

ABC News

How the Iranian regime is intimidating and surveilling its former citizens in Australia

For Iranian dissidents, protesting against the country can mean violence and intimidation.

Newsroom.co.nz

'Quiet diplomacy' questions after NZ couple released from Iran

News of a NZ couple's release from detention has been welcomed - but was a media blackout necessary?

Daily Mirror

Instagram influencer couple feared detained in Iran as concerns grow over whereabouts

The prominent influencer couple, from New Zealand, travels the world to promote environmental issues and were last heard from in July as they entered Iran from Turkey

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Fire, Clashes Erupt at Iran's Evin Prison

A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week. The facility in northern Tehran is infamous for the ill-treatment of political prisoners and also holds foreign detainees.

AFP

Fire, clashes at Iran's Evin prison amid Mahsa Amini protests

Paris (AFP) - A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.

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‘We should not be afraid of firing back’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert wants more government intervention for hostages

The academic and former hostage criticised DFAT for its lack of strategy when dealing with those detained abroad.

Bangkok Post

Aussie ties out of the woods, raring to go

'Thais that bind: secret mission ends Aussie's torment," read the front page headline of The Australian on Nov 22, 2020. It was referring to Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic arrested in late 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as she was about to leave Tehran over an espionage charge.…

ABC News

Former Australian hostage Kylie Moore-Gilbert launches legal action against Iran’s president

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was secretly tried and imprisoned by Iranian authorities for more than two years, launches legal action against Iran's president alleging he violated torture conventions.

AFP

Iran dissidents file new lawsuit against Raisi in US

New York (AFP) - Iranian dissidents and ex-prisoners including a Western academic on Tuesday announced the filing of a civil suit in New York against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi as he attended the UN General Assembly.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IRGC Says Won’t Allow its Ranks to be Infiltrated

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will not allow the entry of "virus and termites" into the military institution, asserted the deputy of the Supreme Leader's representative, Hossein Tayyebifar. Tayyebifar, the IRGC's deputy for clerical affairs, said the IRGC should train forces who will not hesitate to pull the trigger.…

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