Society
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Retrogression in Human Rights
We hail the tides of opportunity, the times of liberation and expansion, but we should not be blind to recurrent…
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President Joe Biden: Stop the Second Armenian Genocide
After besieging and starving 120,000 Armenians of the South Caucasus Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) since December 2022, Azerbaijan launched a…
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The Threat of an Authoritarian Century
The world is in turmoil. Only thirty years after the fall of the USSR and the collapse of its proxy…
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The Richard Boyle case: Lots of persecution, no sign of humanity
He blew the whistle on the ATO in October 2017, the AFP raided his home in April 2018, in March…
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The Voice: how do other countries represent Indigenous voices in government?
One of the claims advanced by the “no” campaign in the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament is that “there is…
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WA political party donation laws to undergo overhaul, with disclosure rules tightened
The changes, set to be introduced to state parliament later today, go further than what was put forward by the…
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Inside South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes: ‘Why we hate foreigners’
BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country’s most-prominent anti-migrant street movement. Ayanda Charlie in Johannesburg…
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A Welcome Humanitarian Deal between the U.S. and Iran
The agreement has much to recommend it, despite what critics say. ICG The Biden administration has just completed implementing the…
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Letter shows Vatican knew about Nazi death camps despite long denial
The documentation undercuts the Holy See’s argument that it couldn’t verify diplomatic reports of Nazi atrocities to denounce them. Nicole…
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Mexican police officers convicted over 2021 migrant killings
The bodies of 17 migrants were found in a burnt-out vehicle in the town of Camargo in Tamaulipas state. BBC…
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UNRWA’s Reckoning: Preserving the UN Agency Serving Palestinian Refugees
But the agency’s finances are in dire straits, putting the refugees’ wellbeing at risk. Donors should step up with sustainable,…
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Massacre in Goma Clouds DR Congo’s Elections and UN Mission’s Future
The government has asked the UN for an “accelerated” withdrawal. Crisis Group experts Richard Moncrieff and Onesphore Sematumba explain the…
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Friday essay: homesick for ourselves – the hidden grief of ageing
But in a quieter, more private way, the expression seems perfectly pitched to describe the largely hidden grief of ageing.…
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Julian Assange: more than 60 Australian MPs urge US to let WikiLeaks founder walk free
More than 60 Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, warning of…
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Libya’s floods are result of climate crisis meeting a failed state
When the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that Libya is witnessing in Derna. Patrick…
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Fake letter scaremongering about Indigenous land claims sparks outrage
A fake letter deceptively telling landholders to seek legal advice to protect their properties from re-acquisition by Aboriginal traditional owner…
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