Compassion
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Packed-out lecture hears Behrouz Boochani talk of freedom
Refugee Advice and Casework service with the University of New South Wales Centre for Ideas and the Kaldor Centre for…
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Giving Tuesday: How day for ‘radical generosity’ went global
The growing global phenomenon takes place each year on the first Tuesday after US Thanksgiving. BBC GivingTuesday, the non-profit that…
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Iran’s revolution of forbidden song, dance, and kiss
As Iranian diaspora and human rights activities launch rallies in over 150 cities throughout the world against the Islamic Republic,…
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Uncle Jack Charles, actor and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder, dies aged 79
Actor, musician and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder Uncle Jack Charles is being mourned as a cheeky, tenacious “father of black…
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Call to end ‘immoral’ refugee detention
Parliamentarians are being urged to support a proposal to end mandatory immigration detention in Australia and replace the program with…
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Refugee Diaries: What it’s like to leave everything you know behind
The first installment in a series of digital diaries following those displaced by the war in Ukraine Politico Not since…
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Behrouz Boochani says nine-year delay to refugee resettlement ‘a tragedy’ as Jacqui Lambie breaks silence
Mr Boochani labelled Australia’s delay in accepting New Zealand’s resettlement offer a “tragedy”, as crossbench Senator Jacqui Lambie claimed Prime…
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Commission: €3.4B to help with Ukraine refugee crisis
The European Union will release in €3.4 billion in recovery funds to help countries absorb refugees from Ukraine fleeing the…
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Mahatma Gandhi’s 74th death anniversary: The history, significance behind observing Shaheed Diwas
He used peaceful and non-violent ways to achieve freedom. India TV Shaheed Diwas 2022: Martyrs’ Day, which is also known as…
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Refugee who escaped the Taliban and self-immolated on Nauru speaks from Melbourne’s Park Hotel
But he said it was Australia’s ongoing and indefinite detention that had left him permanently scarred. Erin Handley ABC The refugee,…
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Desmond Titi 11th Annual International Peace Lecture
2021 Peace Lecture Speeches The 11th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture was delivered by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s highest spiritual…
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Life goes on at Chernobyl 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident
Radioactive particles can be sandblasted from the surface of metal to decontaminate it and prepare it for resale. The money…
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Former PM Turnbull backflips on detained Biloela family
Mr Turnbull was prime minister when Priya, Nades and their two young daughters were taken from Biloela in central Queensland…
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‘I am a people person.
We say ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but the same principle of care applies to people as…
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Calls for euthanasia fuelled by ageism and ableism
Kathleen Rogers has a terminal illness – motor neurone disease. Breda O’Brien The Irish Times Coping with a terminal diagnosis is…
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Channel crossings: Keir Starmer faces Labour revolt over stance on refugees
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a revolt from his supporters over Labour’s stance on refugees, amid claims that the party…
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