The Melbourne Newsroom

Well known feminist and University of Melbourne academic Professor Sheila Jeffreys has questioned the impact of region on women’s human rights.

The decision by the US Government this week to pass on names of all detainees in its secret detention centres to the Red Cross is a step in the right direction, according to Professor Gerry Simpson.  "We know that in secret sites like Bagram Air Base (Iraq) and Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) that some fairly nasty things can happen, and it’s the glare of publicity that prevents torture in many cases."