Tag Archive | "Human Rights"

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Rights protection push

Gay rights advocates will rail against religious exemptions in any future federal anti-discrimination legislation designed to protect LGBTI people. The federal Attorney-General’s department is [...]

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The fight for rights goes beyond our own backyard

As people living with thriving gay and lesbian communities, we Australians have a duty to our gay brothers and lesbian sisters worldwide. It is [...]

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MP: marriage not a rights issue

A federal Opposition MP has written to a constituent, claiming that marriage equality is not a human rights issue and that the majority of [...]

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Reports highlight global lack of rights

Two reports released by international human rights defenders has put the spotlight on global GLBTI rights. The Amnesty International Report 2010 and the ILGA [...]

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A time for anti-discrimination laws

The federal Government recently announced that it would not pursue a Human Rights Act. While this came as disappointing news, the Government did promise [...]

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Show some respect

As the good ship Labor slowly sinks in the polls, the crew is ripping out the furniture and chucking it in the drink to [...]

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The Charter of Rights: A Fairy Story

The Little People of the land petitioned the Wizard for a Charter of Rights. For centuries they had been bullied by the Goddy Folk, [...]

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Australia opposes persecution

By Andrew Potts Australia, Canada and New Zealand have joined to deliver a statement condemning the persecution of sexual and gender minorities around the [...]

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AIDS conference calls for participants

Human rights and HIV will be on the agenda at the 18th International AIDS Conference or AIDS 2010. The conference will be held in [...]

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Russian church moderates voice on gays

BY ANDREW M. POTTS The new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill I, has stated his opposition to discrimination against homosexuals, in a [...]

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