Australia: Protect Public Interest Reporting

Expand Australia's Federal Police enter the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster, during a raid on their offices in Sydney, Australia. © 2019 Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File (Sydney) – Problematic Australian national security provisions and sweeping law enforcement powers threaten free speech, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the impact of law enforcement and intelligence powers on press freedom. The issue has been a subject of public discussion since the June 2019 media raids…

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