New BMRSG Documents
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The following documents have been recently published by BMRSG, just click on the links below:
- BMRSG Submission to the Senate Committee relating to the proposed Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 currently before parliament.BMRSG’s conclusion to this submission was:
“This is a pernicious and morally offensive bill which, if enacted, would substantially set back Australia’s already tarnished human rights reputation among the international community for nothing more than short term political gain. …
The Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group recommends that the bill not be passed.”
Please click on the link above to read the full submission.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay, has warned that Sri Lanka is sowing the seeds of future discord by limiting personal freedoms and human rights. Ms Pillay recently completed a week long fact-finding mission in Sri Lanka to determine progress made by the country following the 26-year civil war between the Government and rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Ms Navi Pillay, has warned that Sri Lanka is sowing the seeds of future discord by limiting personal freedoms and human rights. Ms Pillay recently completed a week long fact-finding mission in Sri Lanka to determine progress made by the country following the 26-year civil war between the Government and rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
At the end of the visit, Ms Pillay expressed her deep concern that Sri Lanka is heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction by silencing dissent and continuing to harass political opponents.
The war, which saw thousands of people killed, ceased in May 2009 after government forces declared victory over the Tamil rebels. The UN reports that as many as 40,000 people were killed during the final stages of the war. Ms Pillay’s visit follows a resolution made in March 2013 by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that called on Sri Lanka to investigate alleged war crimes committed by government forces and Tamil rebels.
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