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A right is the power or liberty to which a person or a group is justly entitled or a thing to which they have a moral or legal claim. The specific enumeration of rights accorded to citizens has historically differed greatly from one century to the next, and from one regime to another, but nowadays is normally addressed by the constitutions of the respective nations. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people and groups, and, as such, they place constraints or positive obligations on individuals, groups, institutions, and governments.
These rights are variously interpreted. For example, in a given country, a right to free speech may merely mean that the government may not actively engage in censorship, and may apply only to speech that the courts of that country deem political, not, for example, sexually related speech, even in realms that such as a discussion of birth control that other countries might deem political. But, in any case, a right to free speech is generally not interpreted to mean that anyone else has a right to facilitate one's speech. In A.J. Liebling's words, "Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one." On the other hand, an individual right to healthcare implies an obligation on others to provide that healthcare. Thus, an individual having a right places responsibilities, either negative or positive, on others. (See negative and positive rights and three generations of human rights) Though rights usually refers to individual rights, in certain societies there may be group rights, where all members of a group have certain rights by virtue of being in that group. Contrast with license.
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Amnesty International Australia - Refugees - Project by Amnesty for protection of and to educate about asylum seekers. Includes news stories, factsheets and volunteer information.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees - Community development project seeking to educate on refugee issues with background information and commentary from a social justice perspective.
Meta Description: [ The Home Site of Project SafeCom Inc., Western Australia. A social justice agency, sustainable earthcare vision community also for displaced people, refugees, asylum seekers, vulnerable population groups, people who love democracy and people who want to educate themselves in organic and holistic ... ]
Australians for Just Refugee Programs - Awareness campaign comprised of prominent citizens. Includes campaign information.
Centre for Refugee Research - Academic institute based at the University of New South Wales. Includes research papers, current and past project information and training programs.
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Children Out Of Detention - Group of parents and citizens opposed to the mandatory detention of children in immigration detention centres. Includes factsheets and articles.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Asylum Seekers - Factsheets and reports from the official government oversight body.
Refugee Action Committee - Canberra based network seeking the fair and humane treatment of assylum seekers. Includes facts and analysis on the detention centres and the pacific solution, media reports, and a newsletter.
Meta Description: [ The Refugee Action Committee works to raise public awareness of inhumane treatment of asylum seekers in Australia by the Australian government and to mobilise public protest. The Refugee Action Committee is not associated with any political party. ]
Refugee Council of Australia - Provides advocacy, support, protection and legal advice to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia, and support to those repatriated to their homelands.
Meta Description: [ The Refugee Council of Australia is a non-profit peak organisation. It provides information on and advocacy for refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australia on behalf of its 90 organisational members and many individual members. ]
Rural Australians for Refugees - Informal group of concerned citizens for refugee rights. Includes factsheets, activist information and noticeboard.
Spare Rooms For Refuees - Registry of persons willing to personally provide hospitality to asylum seekers, as protest to federal government policies. Includes factsheets and forum.
The Detention of Boat People - Current issues brief from The Australian Parliament House Library.
We Are All Boat People - Sydney advocacy collective for humane treatment of asylum seeker and awareness of their rights. Includes background information, factsheets and press kits.
Meta Description: [ We are all Boat People - spreading the simple message that all Australians are 'Boat People'. ]
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