Stranded Australian citizens petition the United Nations
The Australian government’s actions in effectively denying the fundamental democratic right of tens of thousands of citizens to return to the country, amid the worsening global COVID-19 pandemic, are so egregious that a United Nations body has declared them unlawful.
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) ruled that the government must “facilitate and ensure the prompt return to Australia” of three citizens who have been stranded overseas since the pandemic began.
Air New Zealand flight arriving at Sydney airport (Source: Wikipedia)
The three citizens filed a complaint with the UNHRC against the Liberal-National government on the grounds they have been denied a basic human right to return to their country of citizenship.