Arrogance Reigns Supreme

The man makes it up as he goes along." I can abuse my wife because I was nice to my dog last week."
Scott Morrison's arrogance is an affront to the United Nations Human Rights Council on which we are seeking to be a member. To suggest Australia's humanitarian response in Iraq somehow excuses it from responsibility to asylum seekers held in detention is the height of disregard for any notion of Human Rights. Since when are human right's an exchangeable commodity? The man's a liability to the long standing reputation of this country.

I reject the allegations made by the High Commissioner and would be pleased to meet to discuss these matters as I do on a regular basis with the UNHCR.“The most flagrant abuse of human rights I am aware of is the beheading and crucifying of people in Syria and Iraq where Australia is seeking to relieve the humanitarian crisis.”

The new high commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says:

Australia’s policy of offshore processing and its interception and turning back of vessels “is leading to a chain of human rights violations”.
These include “arbitrary detention and possible torture following return to home countries”.
“It could also lead to the resettlement of migrant in countries that are not adequately equipped”, a reference to plans to send to Cambodia refugees from Nauru.

The High Commissioner’s comments feed into the current debate about the medical conditions on Manus Island, which have been again defended by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison but are strongly criticised by medical experts.
New Matilda last week reported Richard Kidd, a co-founder Doctors for Refugees, predicting that “we’re going to see other very serious bad health outcomes and probably more deaths”.
Kidd said this was why the Australian Medical Association had been strongly advocating for an independent medical authority to oversee the provision of healthcare services to asylum seekers and refugees.