Graduating students in Kobakma town, in Indonesian occupied West Papua’s Central Mamberamo Regency, were attacked by security forces, on May 5, for carrying their national flag in a celebratory parade, reports Susan Price.
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Six Australians participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla are among those kidnapped by Israeli naval forces on international waters, reports Caroline Smith.
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Médecins Sans Frontières has released a report documenting how Israel is deliberately depriving Palestinians in Gaza of water and sanitation, reports Kerry Smith.
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I was one of 22 people arrested in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Whether it was necessary for so many police to arrest one 73-year-old Jew, I’ll let you decide. Stephen Heydt reports.
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Peaceful protests against the worsening human rights situation in occupied West Papua were attacked by security forces, reports Susan Price.
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Human rights advocate Suhad Bishara, from Adalah — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, unpacks Israel’s new death penalty law and how it targets Palestinians.
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Israel’s attacks humanitarian aid workers while continuing its blockade of Gaza, seven months into the so-called “ceasefire”, reports Tareq S Hajjaj.
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Women are at the forefront of struggles in Balochistan, a province in Pakistan that has long struggled for self-determination. Peter Boyle speaks to Sammi Deen Baloch, a young Baloch woman activist, about challenging state repression and patriarchy.
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Justice for Palestine Magan-djin organised a weekend of action to protest draconian new laws which target the Palestine solidarity movement. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Bill Nevins reviews punk-rock band Dropkick Murphys recent show in Denver, Colorado, where the band reprised the classic Irish resistance ballad, “Men Behind the Wire", referencing the ICE raids in Minneapolis and the ravages of US President Donald Trump’s onslaught against migrants and people of colour.
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Machinist Rob Volker, who has joined the Global Sumud Flotilla to sail to Gaza, told Ivana Daskalovic that he feels privileged to be able to join it as “human rights are everyone’s rights”.
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Indonesian security forces have killed at least six people, including two children, in Dogiyai regency, West Papua, allegedly in retaliation for the killing of a police officer. Ben Radford reports.