Snatching Away a Lifeline: Australia Cannot Deny Asylum Seekers Mobile Phone Access
September 02, 2020
September 02, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
Australian federal lawmakers must reject a problematic new bill that will award the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones -- and with them the lifeline of information, communication, and documentation they grant -- from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention without the safeguard of involving police authorities.
Heavy-handed and arbitrary amendments proposed by the Aus . . .
Australian federal lawmakers must reject a problematic new bill that will award the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones -- and with them the lifeline of information, communication, and documentation they grant -- from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention without the safeguard of involving police authorities.
Heavy-handed and arbitrary amendments proposed by the Aus . . .