What’s next for #MeToo?
How can the legal system grapple with #MeToo, the movement that has sparked outrage and calls for justice around the world?
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Fighting for justice and dignity: Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Right Now speaks to writer Behrouz Boochani about his call for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention.
Nuclear weapons — Australia stands on the wrong side of history
During Senate estimates in October last year, the Australian government dug further into the deep and dark moral abyss in which it is stuck in relation to the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons. In questioning by Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh, DFAT Assistant Secretary Richard Sadleir sought to explain the circumstances in which under […]
From the front lines of the global war on journalism
Australian foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s memoir, The First Casualty, provides a stark reminder of the importance of a free, independent media.
An Iranian-turned-Australian love story
Under the Same Sky details the tragic story of Mojgan Shamsalipoor and Milad Jafari.
YES, but…? Marriage equality and anti-discrimination, explained
As Australia legislates marriage equality, are our anti-discrimination protections at risk of being peeled back?
Atrocities and war crimes in Myanmar: here’s what we know
Does the violence and conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State amount to war crimes, or crimes against humanity?
Julian Burnside on injustice within Australia’s legal system
Noted barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside calls for a fairer legal system in his latest book, Watching Out: Reflections on Justice and Injustice.
Rohingya crisis ruled as genocide by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
Ali MC takes us inside the Tribunal as witnesses retell the atrocities and human rights abuses suffered by the Rohingya people.
Rohingya: The silence of Aung San Suu Kyi and the betrayal of human rights
As stateless people without citizenship rights in any nation, they are now besieged by the Myanmar Army intent on driving them out – what can be done?
Giving Australians the right to die with dignity
Right Now speaks to Dr Nick Carr, a GP in St Kilda and a member of Dying with Dignity Victoria, about why Victoria should legalise voluntary assisted dying.
Call them what they are: Australia’s concentration camps
Offshore detention. For two decades, no two words have plagued Australian politics as doggedly as these. Anthony Levin draws a disturbingly accurate picture Australia’s offshore detention centres that we may or may not be ready for.
The price of privacy
Government policy increasingly defines the limits of the right to privacy, excluding marginalised socio-economic groups from its protection.