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As international and Latin American organisations working at the intersection of technology and human rights, we firmly reject the violent repression in Colombia in response to the massive social mobilisations which began on 28 April 2021. Militarisation in Colombia’s main cities and the brutal repression on the part of the police and military forces directly threaten human rights and the well-being of civil society in Colombia. The Colombian state has the obligation to adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the rights to freedom of assembly and association and freedom of speech, on the internet and on the streets.
Is Australia’s India travel ban legal? A citizenship law expert explains May 4, 2021
There is a growing public and political outcry over the federal government’s sudden decision to ban Australians from coming home from India.
But as everyone from Indian community leaders to human rights leaders, famous cricketers and Coalition MPs calls on the government to rethink the policy, is it legal? Is a High Court challenge an option?
What is citizenship?
In terms of common law, citizenship is a relationship between an individual and their nation, where each owes fundamental obligations to the other. In broad terms, the citizen’s job is to be loyal to the nation. The nation’s job is to protect its citizens.
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On Friday, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced an emergency declaration under the
Biosecurity Act, temporarily banning Australian citizens (and everyone else) from entering Australia if they have been in India in the previous fortnight. If anyone tries to circumvent the ban, they will face a fine of $66,000 or five years in prison.
Australia is the only country in the world that has attempted to prevent, by law, its own citizens from coming home and the legal basis for this is in the act.
The
Biosecurity Act gives incredible powers to the government once a “human biosecurity emergency” has been declared. Section 477 gives the health minister power to “determine any requirement that he is satisfied is necessary to prevent or control the entry of the disease into Australia”. This can include “requirements that restrict or prevent the movement of persons between specified places”.
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