New Police Powers a Threat to Indigenous Australians
A new law giving police in the Northern Territory the power to perform “paperless arrests” has serious consequences for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
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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.
Punitive Approaches Won’t Help Young Australians Get Back to Work
Unemployment is rarely a choice for young people, writes Zoya Patel. In order to end youth unemployment in Australia, the Abbott Government needs to change its approach.
A Not-so-bright Future for Burma
Monique Hurley examines whether recent reforms in Burma are worthy of international praise and increased aid.
The role time plays in peace-building efforts
Time for Peace shows us how our misunderstanding of and lack of sensitivity towards the role of time in conflict prevention hinders our utopian dream of achieving a global sustainable peace, writes Athena Rogers.
Will the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Successfully Prosecute Sexual Violence?
Sexual violence was commonly used as a weapon of war by the Khmer Rouge regime. Emma Palmer and Sarah Williams explore how the ECCC prosecute these crimes.
In small places
In Australia, a woman is killed by a former or current partner almost every week. Emily Maguire examines what we know about domestic violence and how to stop it.
Bookings Essential: New rules making detention centre visits harder
Detention centre visitors can be a detainees’ only link to the outside world. Suzana Jacmenovic looks at new rules at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre that are cutting off that link.
Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here
Tragic love story or an act of murder? Richard Lewer’s moving animation “Worse Luck I am Still Here” explores themes of love, ageing, death and euthanasia.
Fighting Freedoms
Increasing governmental secrecy and expanding executive powers are a threat to our democracy that must be resisted, writes Right Now columnist Senthorun Raj.
In His Stride: Chris’ Story
22-year-old Chris is young and talented, with a keen sense of humour and an adventurous spirit. He is also homeless. Hear his story as told by Right Now columnist Sylvie Leber.
Hope and frustration coalesce in Big Issue asylum seeker edition
The Big Issue special edition’s respectful reportage draws heavily on first-hand testimonies and the accounts of asylum seekers themselves, rather than editorialising and moralising their experiences, writes Veronica Sullivan.
ASEAN, Human Rights and the Stateless Rohingya
ASEAN must develop a stronger human rights framework to grapple with the Rohingya refugee crisis, writes Fia Walker.