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Report highlights impunity of Australian companies linked to serious human rights violations overseas Serious human rights abuses in the overseas operations of some of Australia’s most prominent companies have been highlighted in a Australia’s national security and intelligence agencies must be more accountable and transparent, the Human Rights Law Centre has told an A big thank you to all of our supporters and partners for another fantastic year of human rights impact. At ANZ’s annual general meeting in Perth this morning, questions will be asked of CEO Shayne Elliott about the bank’s failure to compensate Cambodian fa*mers pushed off their land to make way for an ANZ-funded sugar plantation. ALP's 'conversion therapy' platform provides better outcomes for survivors Survivors and LGBTQI+ legal advocacy body Equality Australia, have welcomed the recent changes to the ALP’s platform on religious “conversion therapy”, saying the shift away from a focus on criminalisation to broader strategies in partnership with affected communities will provide better long-term outcomes for LGBTQI+ survivors. This week, you can double your human rights impact. Donations to our Human Rights Week Appeal will be MATCHED - DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR - by our appeal sponsors. With your help, we need to raise $200,000 in one week to power the changes we will fight for in 2019. Australia needs to legislate for equality not religious exceptionalism Today’s announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that the religious freedom review report will be released, has prompted calls for stronger federal protections from discrimination for LGBTIQ+ people. ‘Distressing, degrading and high-risk’ – woman forced to give birth alone in prison cell Western Australia’s Independent Inspector of Custodial Services today released a da*ning report into the circu*stances surrounding a young Aboriginal woman who gave birth alone in a prison cell.  Report highlights the need for better protection of protest rights in Australia