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Kurdish refugee sues federal government after spending 14 months in hotel detention
A refugee who claims he was unlawfully detained in two Melbourne hotels is suing the Australian government. SBS News If…
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Hong Kong court sentences Tong Ying-kit to nine years in jail for breaking national security law
Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year while carrying a…
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The mothers digging for the disappeared
It’s fallen to families to pick up a shovel and dig for their dead. Catherine Scott Foreign Correspondent & ABC…
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Spyware used to target journalists and activists around the world, reports indicate
Military-grade spyware was used to hack the smartphones of dozens of journalists and activists, according to an investigation conducted and…
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Behrouz Boochani: ‘Human beings don’t have a place to go but to other human beings.’
You’ve described yourself as a child of war. Benjamin Law Good Weekend Magazine in The Age What did your childhood…
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Doctors in Myanmar have been attacked by the junta for helping victims of coup violence
Now, health workers are being targeted, sparking condemnation in Australia’s medical community. Henry Zwartz SBS News There are calls for…
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Cheers and tears as Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper prints final edition
As journalists from Hong Kong’s embattled pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper scrambled to produce their final edition, they didn’t need to…
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Environmental action: why some young people want an alternative to protests
Despite this, a survey conducted in 2020 found that most young people were unlikely to take part in peaceful marches.…
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Taking the knee in football: why this act of protest has always been political
This was about players showing support for the fight against racism and campaigning for meaningful change in football, and not…
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Resettling refugees in other countries is not reliable, nor is it fair.
The federal government has scrambled in recent days to minimise the political fallout from its treatment of the Tamil family…
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View from The Hill: the Morrison government has escape hatch in Tamil family case – if it wants to use it
These were sending the family to New Zealand or to the United States. Michelle Grattan The Conversation It’s now said…
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Authorities ban Tiananmen Square massacre vigils in Hong Kong and Macau, dropping COVID pretence
Last year was the first time since 1989 that memorial events were not held in the two Special Administrative Regions,…
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Tensions boil over at al-Aqsa Mosque, hours after a ceasefire was signed between Israel and Hamas
Police raids of the compound and clashes with Palestinians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan helped touch off violence…
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Friday essay: searching for sanity in a world hell-bent on destruction
He was loved for his wisdom and feared for his power. Samuel Alexander The Conversation At the heart of the…
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China urges UN countries to avoid event on treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
“It is a politically motivated event,” China’s UN mission wrote in a note, dated Thursday. “We request your mission NOT…
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After several women suicided, this Melbourne community is addressing family violence
In 2018 and 2019, seven suspected suicides in Melbourne’s City of Whittlesea left local authorities deeply concerned. Lin Evlin SBS…
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