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Ben Doherty

@bendohertycorro

International Affairs, The Guardian. Australia. Fellow @risj_oxford Oxford University. Opinions - hilarious/insightful/otherwise - my own.

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The broader question, the appropriateness of sending someone to a place where they cannot receive adequate care – and of leaving them there when their health collapses – is outside the scope of this inquest. This is the yawning silence left unanswered. theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Salma and her daughter are on the brink of homelessness, because a tourist visa is the only way in for Palestinians seeking refuge in Australia from Israel's bombardment. Guardian Australia ASRC Human Rights Law Centre theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Labor’s deportation bill will only create an endless roundabout between immigration detention and prison. Read our op-ed by Sanmati AK and Laura John in Guardian Australia 👇🏽 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Labor’s deportation bill could be used to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Entire countries could be blacklisted from obtaining visas to Australia under proposed legislation that has been described by migrant groups as “appalling” and by the Greens as a “Trump-style travel ban”. theguardian.com/australia-news…

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“It’s appalling,” Betia Shakiba an Iranian refugee and lawyer “and a slap in the face. This bill is a pure definition of discrimination. Aust prides itself on being a multicultural society and on being non-discriminatory, but this bill says the opposite.” theguardian.com/australia-news…

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It may have slipped Labor’s notice, but this hasty move proposes a new ‘axis of evil’, denying the right to seek protection based on country of origin. This trashes Australia’s obligations as a signatory to the Refugee Convention. #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

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theguardian.com/australia-news… The federal government could repatriate Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps if it had the ‘political will’, the full bench of the federal court has said. But there's no legal obligation to...

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🧵 Lolita came to Australia for safety. She is now gone. Women are entitled to be and feel safe. The Australian covers what we believe happened to Lolita. theaustralian.com.au/nation/lolita-… Demand action #FindLolita #FreeLolita

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The impact of the flawed fast track process is widely documented. It’s time for #permanentvisasnow “My hand does not stop shaking .. I am sick, a lot of us are very sick. There is so much pressure. We live on edge the whole time, without family..” theguardian.com/australia-news…

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“America is running a high temperature at the moment.” I spoke with Guardian Australia’s Ben Doherty about what the US presidential election means for the world. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

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ICYMI: Australia is responsible for asylum seekers on Nauru, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled late last week. In this Ben Doherty Guardian Australia story (bit.ly/405Ck16) about the cases brought by Alison Battisson and by Sarah Dale, Madeline Gleeson put it this way:

ICYMI: Australia is responsible for asylum seekers on Nauru, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled late last week. In this <a href="/BenDohertyCorro/">Ben Doherty</a> <a href="/GuardianAus/">Guardian Australia</a> story (bit.ly/405Ck16) about the cases brought by
<a href="/AlisonBattisson/">Alison Battisson</a> and by <a href="/SarahRACS/">Sarah Dale</a>, <a href="/madelinegleeson/">Madeline Gleeson</a> put it this way:
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#auspol Ben Doherty Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Meanwhile, away from the Elon Musk & Donald J. Trump spat, in news from people w/o power... important refugee reporting in Guardian Australia by Ben Doherty in PNG, w/pix by Mikearoo : “How long do we wait? What will happen to us? We deserve answers.” theguardian.com/australia-news…