Human Rights Lawyer Director Principal @hr4a.bsky.social Partner Heretic Law Advisor, incl http://awada.com.au All things libertyhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lyjobeoiis2hThanks to @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social for carrying this article. https://michaelwest.com.au/pay-to-deport-australias.../11 Sep 2025 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjobeoiis2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lv7pg5bdns2bThrough my work, I often hear of Iranian foreign interference - unknown people in front of houses, calls from Iranian Govern officials, social media posts removed. Constant surveillance in Australia & of families in Iran. Australia - take this seriously https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/revealed-agents-of-iran-regime-terrorising-dissidents-down-under/news-story/577f45c0137b2f6980e1999dd9988f9a30 Jul 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7pg5bdns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lv65oxzmrk2b@Nicolette_boele made her maiden speech at Parliament House & she did not mince her words. Strong words re systemic failures & the importance of collaboration for a stronger Australia for the people not for parties. 👏🏽 👏🏻 👏🏾 #womeninleadership #australianparliament #australianpolitics #NSWpolitics30 Jul 2025 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv65oxzmrk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lurkpvm5vs2gHonoured to attend UWS Law School’s 30th anni & hear The Hon Virgina Bell AC speak. She spoke re 1930s Tuckiar High Court case. Where the laws are clear even prejudice cannot interfere. Tuckiar was acquitted of murdering a white police officer. The court consisted of 5 white privileged men25 Jul 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurkpvm5vs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lu4ldrhktc25I’ll definitely be raising a glass tonight🥂to celebrate this moment. #HumanRights #Immigration #Australia #RefugeeRights #LegalAction #Justice16 Jul 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4ldrhktc25https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lptkmcr6gs2rGreat to be at the #ChangeDirection launch. Mental health for Indigenous people is a human right. My work incl fighting for indigenous like Gus Kuster, who was held indefinitely in detention (featured on SBS's #BelongingNowhere) #IndigenousRights #Statelessness23 May 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptkmcr6gs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lpjhfld2bs2r#TamilGenocide #SriLanka #HumanRights19 May 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjhfld2bs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lpfqhdkzx22rToday marks 16 years since the "end" of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The perpetrators have not been held to account. I am speaking at Sydney Town Hall at noon today about the genocide and disappeared - an on going crime of global significance. Join us and add your voice to call for accountability.17 May 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpfqhdkzx22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lokrwl6hms2rMo Munshi is stuck in Mongolia due to a travel ban. His health is deteriorating - he will die unless the ban is lifted & he can come home. chng.it/Zj4gBHPdvc https://chng.it/Zj4gBHPdvc07 May 2025 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lokrwl6hms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lok53edmtk2rGus is still being punished. Statelessness exists in Australia & it is time to solve it through the creation of a stateless person visa & pathway to permanence I've known Gus for years - he & society deserve better - we cannot have a stateless underclass https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/belonging-nowhere-stateless-in-australia/35ge93gum07 May 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lok53edmtk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3ln52uhpk6s2ehttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast/belonging-nowhere Episode 2 has dropped today. Statelessness is little known in Australia, but it is a problem here & around the world. Listen to those who are recognised by no country (And advocate for Australia to implement a statelessness visa)19 Apr 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln52uhpk6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3llwsesbrvs27The international community need to step up, not only for those in Afghanistan but also Afghans waiting in neighbouring countries for visas to safety https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/03/i-begged-them-my-daughter-was-dying-how-taliban-male-escort-rules-are-killing-mothers-and-babies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other03 Apr 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwsesbrvs27https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3llvj32dbbc27I speak to ABC PM about Daria and the global migrant crisis with a focus on Afghanistan https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/pm/russian-tennis-player-switches-to-australian/10513515403 Apr 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvj32dbbc27https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3llmursep3k2yhttps://x.com/AlisonBattisson/status/190583764593188067630 Mar 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmursep3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3llcpdgxej22yIf FIFA continues this stance they are helping the Taliban suppress women. This team didn't survive being shot at, assaulted & climbing thru an open sewer to reach safety just for FIFA to deny them recognition. These women & their supporters will cont to fight. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/25/fifa-to-recognise-afghanistan-womens-team-but-comes-too-late-for-world-cup26 Mar 2025 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcpdgxej22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3ll4lp3p2kc2yMo Munshi will die in Mongolia unless the governments of Australia and the UK step up and work with the Mongolians to bring him home. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/a-decade-trapped-in-mongolia-aussie-miner-begs-un-for-help/news-story/cb2945febbb568837039d15fb49a2e78?giftid=OrEOl4Z3bO #BringMoHome24 Mar 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4lp3p2kc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lggune3c6s2yHell yes!!! About time too. https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-afghanistan23 Jan 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggune3c6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lfog56x6j22yhttps://abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/mohammad-mo-munshi-mongolia/104812950 I speak to @abcnewsnetau.bsky.social calling for the release of Mr Munshi an Australian citizen trapped in Mongolia #bringmohome14 Jan 2025 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfog56x6j22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lfgamucj4k2vThe UN warns other nations from adopting Australia's offshore immigration prison systems. RACS & I brought separate cases to the UN Human Rights Committee. On Thursday, two landmark rulings were handed down. Read about them below or read them at https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/01/australia-responsible-arbitrary-detention-asylum-seekers-offshore-facilities [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgamucj4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lfdqsqefck26Novak Djokovic claims he was POISONED in Australia's vaccine 'jail' mol.im/a/14267769 via @MailSport And Novak got special treatment - his food didn't have the maggots https://mol.im/a/1426776909 Jan 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdqsqefck26https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lfbeeshpbs23https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hard-to-justify-albanese-lashes-coalition-s-handling-of-2022-djokovic-detention-20250106-p5l2cf.html Do you know what else is "hard to "justify"? Detaining people for unknown periods of time, sending people to random Pacific islands for "processing" but not settlement & creating an industrial immigration prison complex for profit of private companies...08 Jan 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfbeeshpbs23https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lctmdwom7s22Proud to contribute to independent media. In this article, I write about the Politics of Cruelty and the targeting of the most vulnerable for votes, not for any legitimate issue of national concern https://michaelwest.com.au/cruelty-for-votes-new-migration-laws-criminalise-refugees/09 Dec 2024 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctmdwom7s22https://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lccjap3spk2uI spoke to SBS News on the weekend about my recent trip to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention session in Geneva, and about the three Australians detained indefinitely overseas. You can listen here: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/interview-alison-battison-speaks-about-arbitrary-detention/580vujgtg02 Dec 2024 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccjap3spk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lc27nb6p4s2jWhat’s the reality of the 3 migration bills that passed in a sprint last night? In short, to win an election, Labor has flipped its platform and taken a sledgehammer to the human rights of 80,000 people, the vast majority who’ve lived in Australia for 10+ years. Sone examples: 🧵28 Nov 2024 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc27nb6p4s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lc276svo6c2mDon't miss out on this important development - thrilled that the Senate listened to those with lived experience & other experts on the need for Australia to step up to help Aussies wrongfully detained overseas. Happy to have made submissions & been involved https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/WrongfulDetention47/Report28 Nov 2024 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc276svo6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lc26wri6ks2mThese migration bills are a human rights disaster - they go against the rights of the child, families, refugees & stateless. The only reason they were introduced is so Labor can say they are more oppressive than the Coalition. It's a race to the bottom https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/28/labor-passes-migration-and-social-media-ban-bills-after-marathon-senate-sitting?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other28 Nov 2024 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc26wri6ks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alisonbattisson.bsky.social/post/3lb4dwfevvu2lOn behalf of Human Rights For All, I was invited to appear before a closed session of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Geneva earlier in the week to speak on Australia's continuing hard line on immigration detention.17 Nov 2024 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:dfiendgetjzxqa6g7p5jkdix/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4dwfevvu2l