“A Slow Burn Ethnic Cleanse”: APAN’s Nasser Mashni on the South African ICJ Genocide Case
South Africa stepped up just before the turning of the new year to lodge an application to initiate proceedings against the Israeli state, charging it with ongoing violations of the Genocide Convention, via the three-month-long wholesale massacre it’s been perpetrating in...
UN Anti-Torture Body Condemns Australia, After Local Authorities Ran It Out of Town
Since the mid-2016 revelations around the abuse of First Nations children at the hands of non-Indigenous adult officers in Darwin’s Don Dale youth justice centre, the understanding that torture is a practice that does take place in some deep recesses of...
South Australian Criminal Offences Relating to the Death of a Cycling World Champion
The cycling community has been left in shock following the death of world champion rider Melissa Hoskins, allegedly at the hands of her husband, fellow cyclist Rohan Dennis. It has been reported that police will allege that Melissa Hoskins jumped...
South African World Court Challenge Could Bring Gaza Genocide to an End
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on 29 December that South Africa has lodge a case against Israel, alleging that the nation’s military actions in the Gaza Strip over recent months have breached the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment...
Criminal Offences Relating to Terrorist Organisations, Declared Areas and Foreign Fighting
Federal Attorney- General Mark Dreyfus informed the public during a press conference on 28 December 2023 that two Australian citizens were killed during an air strike in Southern Lebanon the previous night. The nation’s chief lawyer added that the listed...
Local Laws Criminalise Citizens Partaking on Either Side of the Israeli Carnage in Gaza
Two Australian citizens were killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, attorney general Mark Dreyfus confirmed at a 28 December presser, and he added that Hizballah, a listed terrorist organisation, has claimed links to one of the Bazzi brothers....
Melbourne Antiwar Activists Disrupt to Heighten Genocide Awareness: An Eyewitness Account
Antiwar activists descended upon Port Melbourne’s Lorimer Street and Todd Road at 6 am on 18 December, blocking six lanes of traffic leading to the premises belonging to the government-funded Defence Science Technology Group (DSTG) and multinational weapons manufacturer Leonardo....
Melbourne’s Pro-Palestinian Xmas Carol Disrupters Took Cue from Holy Land Faith Leaders
“If Jesus were born today, he would be born in Gaza under the rubble,” Palestinian Pastor Munther Isaac of the Lutheran Church in Bethlehem recently said in relation to a nativity scene that this year depicted the baby wrapped in a...
“Mary’s Tears for Gaza”: Photos of Sydney Rallying for Free Palestine on Christmas
The message was clear in Hyde Park North on the Saturday just prior to Christmas, as whilst the rest of the crowds in the Sydney CBD were out doing their shopping, the bombs were still dropping upon the 2 million...
AUKUS 2023: The Year Our Government Sold Us Out to the United States
The year 2023 has been marked by a significant shift in the Australian government’s adherence to US empire. The fear of Washington dominating the nation has long been mounting over the last half century in tandem with its rising local presence....
