Ondru presents Voiceless Journeys
Exhibited at the Global Ideas Forum this weekend, Voiceless Journeys is a project that depicts the stories of 101 people who left their countries as a result of conflict or internal problems to come to Australia.
Exhibited at the Global Ideas Forum this weekend, Voiceless Journeys is a project that depicts the stories of 101 people who left their countries as a result of conflict or internal problems to come to Australia.
Qi Bingdu offers a poem on the labels that dehumanise asylum seekers
What can Australia’s response to the Tiananmen Square Massacre tell us about where we are at today? Tim Robertson, based in Beijing, provides an illuminating historical comparison of refugees then and now.
Sharna Jade Bremner explains the plight of asylum seekers in Timor-Leste, the theoretical legal protections and the fear and intimidation they face in practice.
With arbitrary detention repeatedly used despite being repeatedly condemned by the international community on human rights grounds, Alexander Reilly and Justine Stefanelli suggest a different approach.
Are “security” concerns enough to justify the Federal Government’s lack of transparency over asylum seekers? Marika Sosnowski looks at innovative decisions by the Israeli High Court that attempt to balance security and human rights as possible leads for Australia.
Kellie Tranter suggests WikiLeaks cables help to explain the rising global political tide against “illegal” asylum seekers.
Are you “Australian enough?” Fed up with that question, and what it implies, Yasmin Hassen writes an open letter to Australia.
By Roxanne Moore and Alexandra Scott. We cheered when Rudd abolished Temporary Protection Visas. We celebrated when Rudd ended the Pacific Solution. His return to power restored our hope… then suddenly – BAM – hello Darkness, my old friend. Now what? This shrewd policy has left most of us in despair, grasping at arguments which […]
There is scope across the board for the Australian government to place a far stronger emphasis on human rights in its relationship with PNG, writes Jonathan Schultz.