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	Podcast:		SBS News In Depth
	Episode:		Democracy is under threat warns Human Rights Watch, set back to the 1980s
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:09:19
	Publish Date:		2026-02-05 05:46:00
	Description:		Democracy and the rules-based international order are under threat, according to the latest annual report by Human Rights Watch. There's a particular focus on the United States and what the international body describes as its erosion of human rights, but there is also a spotlight on Australia. Australia's immigration and youth detention policies are listed as 'significant failings', cited as the only Western democracy without a national human rights act.
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