Right Now’s 2017 Melbourne Queer Film Festival picks
By Rachael Imam, Christie-Anna Ozorio and Pia WhiteWe’ve reviewed three documentaries from the upcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival that highlight important human rights issues.
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Trained in the use of force
By Anne CollinsPoet Anne Collins considers the impact of conflict zones throughout the world.
Don Dale abuses illustrate why Australia needs a bill of rights
By Dr Olivia BallParliament shouldn’t use the NT Royal Commission as a reason to sit on its hands.
Silence around atrocity hard to believe
By Sam RyanHard to Believe is a film that seeks to bring global attention to a massive human rights issue being ignored the world over.
Getting out of Guantanamo
Katharine Brown in conversation with Aliya HussainKatherine Brown speaks to Aliya Hussain from the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the NY Center for Constitutional Rights.
Indigenous over-incarceration makes a mockery of our justice system
By Fatima MeashamThe incarceration of Indigenous Australians with mental health and cognitive problems is societal neglect.
Australia needs to speak up on capital punishment
By Sophie LeaverAustralia needs to adopt an active, bipartisan approach that will contribute to the global abolition of capital punishment.
Dealing with injustice in the justice system
By Dr Michele RuytersPeople who have been wrongfully convicted are being helped through The Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative.
The Breaking of a Man
By Mark IsaacsMark Isaacs creatively retells the story of one young asylum seeker, Sameer, drawing on his time spent working inside Australia’s detention centres.
Engaging with Asia in Abolishing the Death Penalty: A story from Indonesia
By Fia Hamid-WalkerAustralia must take the lead in opposing capital punishment in Asia. But how? What kind of role should we play? Former Reprieve intern Fia Hamid-Walker helps us to answer these questions.
Injustice – it comes as a package
By Samantha JonesTreating injustice as a whole concept, I Am A Miracle questions humanity, what it is to be human, law, and its role in justice.
New Police Powers a Threat to Indigenous Australians
By Alexandra LaneA new law giving police in the Northern Territory the power to perform “paperless arrests” has serious consequences for the rights of Indigenous Australians.