Crunch Time for Assange, Global Press Freedom and the Rule of Law
A final press briefing in regard to the extradition trial of Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange was held at the Foreign Press Association in London on Wednesday, ahead of Monday’s determination of the British High Court, which will seal...
‘Student Camps Are Anti-Genocide, Not Anti-Semitic’, Says UniMelb for Palestine’s Dana Alshaer
Right now, it would be difficult not to be aware that students at numerous Australian universities have set up campsites on campuses, with the aim of opposing the Israeli government perpetrated genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Another aspect to...
“Don’t Blow the Whistle”, Australia Warns, as It Imprisons Lawyer for Exposing War Crimes
Australians are raised on ideas of freedom, justice and equality: principles that the nation is said to embody, and its defence forces uphold. And it’s implicitly understood that serving military officers take no pleasure in committing acts that are usually...
As Israel Establishes Extermination Zones, South Africa Calls for ICJ Intervention
Over the last seven months, Israel has carpet bombed, chased, traumatised and humiliated Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, to the point that 1.5 million of the 2.3 million civilians are now congregated in the southernmost city of Rafah, which has...
Stray Australian Chopper in Beijing’s Waters Whips Up China Panic
“Off the South Korean coast, an Australian warship” has been helping enforce UN sanctions against” North Korea, the ABC reported on Wednesday. And it then explained that a helicopter from the ship, operating “over international waters” last week, “was intercepted...
The Last Phase of the OZ-Backed Gaza Genocide Has Begun
Twelve weeks ago, Netanyahu and his far-right cronies announced they’d be launching a full-scale military attack upon Rafah: the southernmost region of the Gaza Strip, which had once been deemed a safe zone, and its numbers have now swelled to...
To Appeal or Extradite: UK Courts Set to Decide on the Assange Extralegal Show Trial
The extradition case against Julian Assange has been close to coming to some sort of resolution for at least four years now. And over the last five years, the WikiLeaks founder has been remanded in a UK prison under conditions...
Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa’s Dr Julian Buchanan on Legalising All Illicit Drugs
Drug law reformists in the state of New South Wales are currently grappling with a government that has reneged on preelection promises regarding changes to the jurisdiction’s drug laws, with a slated NSW drug summit to deliberate upon drug decriminalisation,...
Amnesty Warns the International Order Is on the Brink of Collapse Over Gaza
President of the Al Sharq Forum and former Al Jazeera director Wadah Khanfar appeared on multiple forums in the early days of the Gaza genocide, warning that so grave is Israel’s undermining of the post-World War II established international order...
‘Forging Justice When Our Leaders Fail Us’: Helen O’Sullivan Sets Sail on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
University of Queensland educator Helen O’Sullivan is currently over in Türkiye about to set sail on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which comprises of three ships attempting to deliver much-needed food and aid to the 2.3 million Palestinians of the Gaza...
