Australia: Parents jailed for starving, controlling daughter to keep her ‘young’
A Perth couple has been sentenced to prison for severely neglecting their daughter, who was found emaciated and suffering ...
Lucy Zelic says govt review into gender treatment a long time coming as she calls for prison time for those who administered care without consent
The Albanese government has announced a review into gender affirming care for minors, but broadcaster Lucy Zelic has said it ...
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t ...
Former Australian Prison Mate of Jailed Egyptian-British Dissident Goes on Hunger Strike
Abd el-Fattah, a software developer and blogger who rose to prominence as an activist in the 2011 Arab Spring, was jailed for ...
Criminals could be sent to Iceland instead of prison (but not in an Australia way)
From 1788 to 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were sent from the UK to Australia. We no longer do that, but we may start ...
Australian governments exposed for human rights violations on youth detention
The prison population in the Northern Territory has skyrocketed to more than 2,600 this month following the imposition of the ...
‘The Punisher’ who survived prison beating, 3 assaults, 12 fire bombs and 7 shootings dies
It is believed that he had amassed multiple enemies over the years and was living in hiding after being the target of seven ...
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Dutch citizen, 51, arrested for attempting to smuggle drug trafficker in Australia
A 51-year-old from the Netherlands has been arrested in Australia on suspicion of people smuggling, the police in the country ...
Friends fear Chinese prison conditions confronting Australian Yang Hengjun
Friends and advocates for Australian citizen Yang Hengjun have urged the Australian government to put more pressure on China, ...
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Former Australian prison mate of jailed Egyptian-British dissident goes on hunger strike
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - An Australian journalist ... a sentence that followed several previous spells in prison, including before and after the uprising. Peter Greste on Monday joined Abd ...