Keywords: Detained National
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 05 August 2009
3 Comments
Cory Aquino will be remembered for the role she played in the Philippines' People Power Revolution of 1986. It was the first instance in modern times where civilians, not the
military, unseated a corrupt leader without even a call to arms.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 13 July 2009
10 Comments
Assumptions that detained businessman Stern Hu could not be guilty because he is Australian show how national pride can cloud perceptions. Something similar was at play in calls for Kevin Rudd to lobby the Pope for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 20 April 2009
9 Comments
The military misadventures of nations
including Australia contribute greatly to the motivation of
asylum seekers. Australian immigration policy must de-emphasise border protection in favour of being a 'good international citizen'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kimberley Layton
- 03 April 2009
1 Comment
In due course the Taliban problem will be confronted and hopefully
resolved, but not before the internal political
situation stabilises. Patience is a virtue in Pakistan. The situation is not improving quickly, but it does seem to be improving.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Arnold Zable
- 27 February 2009
8 Comments
Harry Nicolaides should never have been jailed, and his release is a cause for celebration and relief.
Yet it leaves many unanswered questions about the reason for his imprisonment,
and highlights the plight of many other persecuted writers.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Arnold Zable
- 24 September 2008
3 Comments
There was good reason for keeping the message simple. We wanted our cards to get past the censors. There is a time for advocacy, and a time for simple words of support. Together they make up the 'human' and the 'rights' in human rights.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 July 2008
One of the vices of nationalism is the symptom of long memory.
Punishing accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic will do little to convince those who are set
in their positions — Bosnia's Muslims will feel vindicated, but Bosnian
Serbs are simply weary.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Carol Ransley & Toe Zaw Latt
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
Two out of five children in Burma are severely malnourished, and the majority of people live in dire poverty. Then the ruling
State Peace and Development Council instructed all Ministry of
Energy distribution outlets to raise the prices of fuel.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 19 September 2007
3 Comments
The internal logic of total security regards the dignity of people who stand in the way, as dispensable. Once respect for some human beings is treated as optional, the human dignity of those offered security becomes equally dispensable.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 June 2007
3 Comments
Australia's treatment of refugees has been out of the headlines for some months, perhaps due to changes in the Department after the Cornelia Rau scandal. But despite some improvements, Australian refugee policy remains destructive.
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