Human Rights
Last refugee leaves Nauru: Cruel processing regime to stay

Although the last refugee has left Australia's much-criticised offshore detention centre on Nauru ...  
Australia must get Medicare into its 132 prisons

Politically, it is a moral abomination that Medicare – which Australia touts as 'universal' ...  
Whistleblowers crucial in exposing truth in Roberts-Smith trial

Whistleblowers understand networks. Whistleblowers are scapegoated by them. When whistleblowers ...  
Responsible 'free speech' key to a fair, harmonious Australia

Right-wing provocateurs have encouraged uncivil "freedom of speech", which targets minority ...  
Ben Roberts-Smith: The breaking of a plaster saint

The dismissal of Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case has reverberating consequences, reports Dr ...  
Victoria Police are failing to 'protect' the LGBTQ+ community

It's telling that Victoria Police, which has the capacity to protect queer-friendly public events ...  
Bring Julian home

Australian voices rally to bring Julian Assange home. Dr John Jiggens highlights the growing ...  
Poor protection for Cambodian women adds insult to injury

Domestic violence is rife in Cambodia, where men commonly feel entitled to beat and assault women ...  
Tasering the elderly is demented policing

A Taser assault on an elderly woman by NSW Police has caused national outrage and sparked an ...  
The hypocrisy and destruction of the War on Terror

What was touted as a means to the end of terrorism has led to the death and torture of innocents ...  
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Debate over trans people's right to exist fuelling hatred

Transphobia has reached dangerous new levels as online voices are speaking out against the right ...  
'Power of the people' derails Melbourne's neo-Nazis

If not for the anti-fascists who gathered at Parliament House in Melbourne last week, a group of ...  
Julian Assange unleashed a revolution in journalism

Despite criticisms, the work done by Julian Assange in exposing the truth cements his status as ...  
Assange punishment shows hypocrisy of World Press Freedom Day

A day devoted to the freedom of international press does nothing towards the fate of imprisoned ...  
The espionage web that foiled Assange's freedom

Details have emerged of how a Spanish security company provided the CIA with information that led ...  
Transgender or not, athletes share a common identity

A feud between two competition swimmers has sparked a debate over the inclusion of transgender ...  
Barbaric dress codes an affront to women's rights

Threats of violence and death against women for wearing the wrong clothes are not only inhumane ...  
Killing LGBTQ+ events to counter Far-Right rabble won't work

Part of supporting LGBTQ+ people is arranging events that include them and finding ways to defend ...  
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