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001 2009286227
003 DLC
005 20090224070409.0
008 090126s2008 at b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009286227
020 $a9781921372407 (pbk.)
037 $bScribe Publishing, 595 Drummond St., Carlton North VIC 3054
040 $aANL$beng$cDLC$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $au-at---
050 00 $aHV640.4.A78$bB75 2008
082 04 $a323.6310994$222
100 1 $aBriskman, Linda.
245 10 $aHuman rights overboard :$bseeking asylum in Australia /$cLinda Briskman, Chris Goddard, Susie Latham.
260 $aCarlton North, Vic. :$bScribe Publications,$c2008.
300 $a448 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australian immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had refused to conduct a broad-ranging investigation into immigration detention in Australia, and the operations within detention centres had been largely shrouded in official secrecy. The People's Inquiry into Detention (as it came to be called) heard heartbreaking evidence about asylum-seekers journeys to Australia, their detention process, life in detention, and life after detention. In total, around 200 people testified to the inquiry, and a similar number of written submissions were received. Human Rights Overboard draws together, for the first time, the oral testimony and written submissions from the inquiry in a powerful and vital book that stands as an indelible record of one of Australias bleakest legacies. Clearly and comprehensively presented, the book is a haunting journey guided by voices from every side of the fence: former immigration detainees, refugee advocates, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, and former detention and immigration staff. Together, their stories bear testimony to a humanitarian disaster that Australia caused, and that must be remembered so that it never happens again. With a foreword by prominent humanitarian lawyer Julian Burnside, Human Rights Overboard is an essential book that will resonate with the Australian public and, indeed, the world, for years to come."--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [404]-448).
650 0 $aRefugees$zAustralia.
650 0 $aDetention of persons$zAustralia.
650 0 $aRefugee children$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
650 0 $aAsylum, Right of$zAustralia$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aIllegal aliens$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
700 1 $aGoddard, Christopher R.$q(Christopher Rex),$d1947-
700 1 $aLatham, Susie.