Australian immigration detention and the silencing of practitioners

Authors

  • April Pearman
  • Stephanie Olinga-Shannon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v27i3.103979

Abstract

In recent years, the Australian Government has framed the arrival of asylum seekers by boat as a national security risk and the policy of stopping ‘unauthorised maritime arrivals’ has been used extensively by
various political parties in their election campaign platforms (Phillips, 2017).

 

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Published

2018-04-19

How to Cite

Pearman, A., & Olinga-Shannon, S. (2018). Australian immigration detention and the silencing of practitioners. Torture Journal, 27(3). https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v27i3.103979

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2017): Torture Journal Vol 27(3)

Section

Perspectives

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