Being denied access to legal advice, detained for extended periods, and held incommunicado , are all violations of basic human rights. In addition to equality before the law, the unique situation of refugees demands that the principle of non-refoulement be paramount. That is to say, the firm and clear obligation not to return a refugee to any country where he or she is likely to face persecution. Obviously one needs to be an international bureaucrat to utter this kind of twaddle. Are we to believe that if you hit 100 per cent of people that is okay, but if you hit only 10 per cent you are brutal and persecutive.
China is a tyranny.
The Communist Party is brutally tyrannising the whole country in a wide variety of ways. It has been doing this since 1949 and it shows no sign of stopping. Conclusion Christians have no monopoly on care and compassion. Appropriately, as the tragic war in Yugoslavia has made plain, people of all faiths and none have rallied to the plight of refugees, to provide comfort, food, security and some measure of peace. Although initially our response was negative, Australia has provided, and continues to do so, significant care and protection for a number of refugees.