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Australia's asylum seeker policies under UN scrutiny

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:17:05 +1100

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called on Australia to review its offshore processing arrangements for asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

Curbs placed on Manus inquiry media briefings

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:16:54 +1100

It's been announced that any further information about what happened during the riots at the Manus Island detention centre will now be restricted to a monthly joint statement from Port Moresby and Canberra.

Indonesian haze could be as bad as last year's crisis.

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:16:30 +1100

Hundreds of fires burning in Indonesia are generating renewed fears of a return of the smog crisis that gripped the region last year.

The changing role of women in Indonesia

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:10:37 +1100

This year indonesia holds important elections across three levels of government.

Chinese Muslim women take on religious leadership

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:08:40 +1100

Henan Province is central China is home to a religious rarity, female Imams.

Missing Lao activist's wife speaks out, appeals for information

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:08:16 +1100

The wife of abducted Lao rights advocate Sombath Somphone has called on Australia to help maintain the pressure on Laos to do more to resolve the case.

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