Australia is in a great position to take a human rights lead in this region and to make the argument to the other countries -- the rational, intellectual, legal argument as to why the death penalty simply can no longer be tolerated.

We know that the Chinese authorities' views on Taiwan and human rights differ from ours,

In both cases, we want to see clearly what the human rights situation there looks like and how come these incidents took place.

We can have a dialogue on equal basis on all the questions, all the issues -- including human rights,

I said, 'I used to come and denounce your human rights violations,'

I'll accuse the prosecutor of violating human rights in Turkey, of neglecting and misusing his position and violating the Turkish Constitution. Turkey needs better human rights so its citizens can be treated like human beings. That's what we're fighting for.