A charitable law firm based in Australia representing long term detained and complex case asylum seekers, refugees and stateless people on a pro bono basishttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lyjo4dnqsk2hA thoughtful and definitive piece in Michael West Media by Alison and our amazing colleague, Janet Pelly. https://michaelwest.com.au/pay-to-deport-australias.../11 Sep 2025 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjo4dnqsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lqf2bvdffc2oThese prisons are beyond horrific. Chances are our client, Lolita, is in one of these places (we don't know as very little has been done by the Australian government, despite her being spirited out of our country). https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya30 May 2025 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf2bvdffc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3loksp7hsks2kMo is our client. He has been stuck in Mongolia now for many years, and his health is deteriorating. Mo is a dual Australian and British citizen, but his family fear he will die before he can return to Australia and get medical treatment. Please sign and share! https://www.change.org/.../help-bring-our-father-home-his...07 May 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3loksp7hsks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lldaahbe4s2wIf FIFA continues this stance, they are helping the Taliban suppress women. This team didn't survive being shot at, assaulted & climbing through an open sewer to reach safety just for FIFA to deny them recognition. These women & their supporters will keep fighting https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/25/fifa-to-recognise-afghanistan-womens-team-but-comes-too-late-for-world-cup27 Mar 2025 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldaahbe4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3ll5svzzco22fI have made representations to various UN bodies regarding Mo Munshi's torture and current travel ban in Mongolia. Mo Munshi will die in Mongolia unless the governments of Australia and the UK step up and work with the Mongolians to bring him home. #BringMoHome24 Mar 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5svzzco22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lkkifeuim22bOnce again, the Australian government and its Home Affairs and Immigration departments have resorted to deliberately targeting transgender people, including detention, harassment within detention and unfair deportation.17 Mar 2025 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkifeuim22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lccje5rfrc2uAlison spoke to SBS News on the weekend about her 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 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccje5rfrc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3lb4ebkrepf2vHuman Rights For All's Alison Battisson 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 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4ebkrepf2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hr4a.bsky.social/post/3kbhgymjq6z2vOur client is free after 6 years’ detention, following a Federal Court decision (BRO18) that will likely impact others. Rapier J noted the Minister did not properly consider the matter in light of his long detention, the ‘obligation to remove (him) from detention as soon as reasonably practicable...11 Oct 2023 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:lrekmd46t5roa5hb7j2s7cal/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbhgymjq6z2v