For the first time ever, Australia has been named on the Human Rights Watch list in 2014 and 2015.
The report criticises our treatment of asylum seekers, the high
levels of Aboriginal incarceration and death from treatable and
preventable conditions, the lack of support for the disabled with 45% of
Australians with disabilities living near or below the poverty line,
refusal to adopt marriage equality, and our new anti-terror and data
retention laws.