The Mourners’ Dance
In the most recent round of protests in Iran that started on December 28, 2025, and was met with unprecedented brutality by the Islamic Republic, videos have emerged of mourners dancing at the funerals of slain protesters.
Tag Archives: human rights
The Kinship Has Sailed
“The Kinship Has Sailed” reflects on a childhood shaped by violence, instability, and separation, while also exploring the complex emotional impact such experiences can carry into adulthood.
social erosion
A poem by widely published poet and a competition winner, Margaret Owen Ruckert.
1769
A speculative narrative that flips the history of European colonisation by imagining a reversal: a seafaring people from a southern island travelling north to colonise a new frontier (a year before Cook got to Australia).
Cacao Flower
A poem by Indian–Australian poet and visual artist, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad.
Denial
Denial has got us a long way as a species, but with climate change, we are up against an actual wall. Many will respond with even more denial.
Oyster Talk
Written for the marine algal crisis currently unfolding in the coastal waters of Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Countries.
Rondeau: On the road
A poem by awarded poet Sandra Renew
Ever-increasing police powers but no accountability in sight
The Victoria Police response to the Land Forces expo raises crucial questions about police accountability.
Pathway to freedom – the end of indefinite detention in Australia
Right Now interviews Josephine Langbien, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about the significance of the High Court’s ruling on indefinite detention, and the Australian Government’s response.