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James Balowski, Jakarta In a statement issued on February 23, Amnesty International said that the five human rights activists and one other person who were detained by the Indonesian police between February 19 and February 23 in Indonesia's
Kerryn Williams A century ago, women marched for the right to vote — and won (with the exception of Indigenous women, who could not vote until 1967). Almost half a century ago, women marched to demand equal pay for equal work — and won (at
The following letter was sent by the Western Suburbs Community Campaign Against Racism (to the residents of the Redfern Block in mid-February. Dear friends, We wish to express our condolences to the family and friends of Thomas "TJ" Hickey. This
Across Australia, Indigenous activists and their supporters have offered solidarity to the residents of Redfern Block. Brisbane Murri activist Sam Watson spoke to Green Left Weekly's Marce Cameron about the reaction. Watson, who will stand for the
A federal government-funded advertising campaign against domestic violence has been shelved indefinitely. At a cost of several million dollars, the series of advertisements designed to target emotional and physical abuse in young people's
Imagine... Imagine a world where any woman could walk down any street, day or night, and feel no fear of harassment or assault, and where society denounced domestic violence as so abhorrent that every home was safe. Imagine a world where girls
Norman Brewer, Sydney "TJ had 17 years. We have the rest of our lives to never forget him. We have to remember TJ, we have to remember all the deaths at the hands of the [state]", Redfern community leader Jenny Munro told a 550-strong memorial
MELBOURNE — On February 20, Socialist Alliance activists picketed the Maribyrnong Detention Centre to highlight the plight of female detainees. Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Gellibrand, Linda Waldron told Green Left Weekly, "Many
MELBOURNE — On February 23, 200 people attended a rally at Telstra's Melbourne headquarters, called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), to protest against the planned transfer of information technology jobs to India. CPSU national
On October 19, 2001, a boat laden with asylum seekers en route to Australia from Indonesia sank, killing 353 people. Despite ever more evidence to the contrary, the Australian government claims it has no responsibility regarding the deaths.
Jabril Sanei Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, the north-eastern-most point of the African continent. As Raman Bhardwaj wrote in his 1979 book The Dilemma of the Horn of Africa, (Sterling Publishers, India): "The Horn's tip, a life-line for the
Separate is not equal. That's the message of the gay civil rights movement that has burst forth across the US, inspired by the fight for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. Elizabeth Schulte, Steve Trussell and Sherry Wolf report. Thousands of