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Asia Pacific Lawyers Network

Locality: Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 418 270 656

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25.01.2022 Read this account from a family member battling to extricate their loved who was scammed through the internet and is now facing serious charges in a foreign jurisdiction.

24.01.2022 Death penalty upheld for Australian accused of smuggling drugs in Vietnam http://bit.ly/2bPMz0I

24.01.2022 Malaysia spares likely drug mule from death penalty, but jails her for 20 years for drug possession.

23.01.2022 About 200 Zimbabwean women are now facing execution in China after being duped into shopping for their wedding gowns by lovers: http://www.chronicle.co.zw/200-zim-women-on-china-death-ro/

22.01.2022 Indonesia's announcement of the next 10 people to be shot for drug crimes, comes just days after Amnesty International reveals executions up more than 50% last year compared to 2014. This is highest number of people put to death in 25 years. When will such state-sanctioned violence stop? http://bit.ly/1THXpYE

20.01.2022 Institutionalising children should be always be a last resort when it comes to care.

18.01.2022 Domestic slavery for poor migrant workers has to stop.

16.01.2022 Sydney's 2ue radio station aired a story on this case, yesterday, after speaking with the Asia Pacific Lawyers Network. The APLN works pro bono with a group of international professionals assisting those arrested in foreign jurisdictions or scammed on the internet, to access justice. To learn more about this group, see: www.stopMULEvictims.org.

16.01.2022 Japan Federation of Bar Associations is pushing for an end to the death penalty in Japan, where prisoners, lawyers and family members are not even given prior notification that hangings will take place.

16.01.2022 Tomorrow is the World Day of Social Justice. This year's theme is about sustaining the planet by changing our economic model in order to survive. The UN says we need economics that respects planetary boundaries and that all human beings will only survive through generosity and the social inclusion of all. Excessive material consumption must be addressed, urgently. http://www.un.org/en/events/socialjusticeday/index.shtml What will you give up or share with another, tomorrow, to help the next generation to survive?

16.01.2022 Malaysian women lose $24 million to love scams in past year despite media warnings. Packages posted for their collection as romantic gifts.

13.01.2022 The Philippines must expedite all human trafficking cases in the interest of those caught in the sticky web of human suffering that results. This includes Mary Jane Veloso, on death row in Indonesia.

12.01.2022 The Asia Pacific Lawyers Network works closely with Ms Armstrong as part of MULE, an organisation set up to help victims of romance scams and arrest in foreign jurisdictions.

12.01.2022 Another drug arrest in death penalty country.

10.01.2022 Thai drug mule, who believed she was transporting children's clothes will be given a minimum 10 strokes of the rotan and 5 years in jail. Through the assistance of her lawyer, she has managed to escape the death penalty in Malaysia after the prosecution was convinced to lessen the charge under the Dangerous Drugs Act. See: http://www.thestar.com.my//thai-drug-mule-escapes-noose-w/

06.01.2022 Asia Pacific Lawyers Network submission to the Australia's Gov's Inquiry into Australia's efforts to advocate for worldwide abolition of the death penalty, can be viewed with other submissions at the Australian Government website, here: http://www.aph.gov.au//Foreign_A/Death_Penalty/Submissions

06.01.2022 Another drug mule caught with almost 6 kgs of category 1 cocaine.

05.01.2022 This clip shows scientifically why human connection is the best way to defeat drug addiction; in fact all forms of addiction.

05.01.2022 An illustrious career as a surgeon didn't prevent a US man from becoming a drug mule.

04.01.2022 The world's main source of aluminium, bauxite, needs better mining controls in Malaysia to protect the public from toxicity when it is mined.

03.01.2022 The poor and marginalised are the greatest suffers of injustice. Mary Jane is a victim of human trafficking. She must be protected from harm and returned to her children as soon as possible. The torture she is experiencing on a daily basis is inhumane in the extreme. It goes against the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

02.01.2022 Listen to this 2ue radio interview on the sophisticated scams being used to lure people into becoming drug mules. This interview was organised by the Asia Pacific Lawyers Network (APLN). It features Sharon Armstrong, a New Zealand woman who served two and a half years in an Argentinian jail after becoming an unwitting drug mule. The APLN is part of a group of international experts providing pro bono assistance to those arrested in foreign jurisdictions as drug mules. http://www.2ue.com.au//groomed-into-an-unsuspecting-drug-m

01.01.2022 Human rights in Philippines about to take massive backward step with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's plan to reintroduce the death penalty.

01.01.2022 The Asia Pacific Lawyers Network is now part of 'MULE' - a group of highly specialised professionals who have developed an online portal to give immediate assistance to those charged with serious crimes in foreign jurisdictions. The MULE site provides online legal assistance, evidence gathering support, publicity when needed, referral advice and emotional help from scam survivors. MULE believes many of those caught up in carrying drugs across international borders are victims of one of the many forms of human trafficking being propragated on the internet by international criminal cartels. Today's press release explains more:http://bit.ly/1PuYOeL