Special envoy needed to help free citizens subjected to ‘hostage diplomacy’ by authoritarian regimes, senate committee findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia needs a specialist envoy dedicated to freeing its citizens arbitrarily detained by rogue nations, a senate committee inquiry has recommended.The practice of “hostage diplomacy” is an increasing threat, the senate committee found, and Australians should be specifically warned that authoritarian regimes in some countries – naming China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Mali and Myanmar – arbitrarily detain Australian citizens.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-11-30 04:36:44
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Australians abroad at growing risk of being detained and ‘used as pawns’ by rogue nations, inquiry warns
