Bugged: Espionage in East Timor
Did Australia spy on East Timor to obtain a financial advantage in an essentially commercial negotiation with one of the poorest countries in the world? And if so – is that okay? Sayomi Ariyawansa finds out.
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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.
Cutting the Gordian Knot – solving the East Timor v Australia dispute
ASIO raids, the International Court of Justice and disputed oil: Dr Clinton Fernandes explains the background to the two ongoing legal disputes between Australia and East Timor.
They leave by night
This moving poem by Sharon Hammad was shortlisted for the Right Now Poetry Competition, judged by Maxine Beneba-Clarke, Amanda Anastasi and Benjamin Solah.
After Democracy: Victoria’s new anti-protest laws
James Muldoon explains the wide discretionary powers Victoria’s new anti-protest law provide police to “move on” political dissent, trade unionism, and home
Does government spying violate human rights law?
Asher Hirsch on surveillance and human rights.
Timor’s Oil
The final piece in Timor’s struggle for independence remains elusive thanks to Australia’s bullying and greed when it comes to oil and gas, writes the Timor Sea Justice Campaign’s Tom Clarke.
Human Rights in the Media: February – Mid-Week Review
Conversations in the media around the Racial Discrimination Act and ABC reporting have both highlighted the need to examine rights and obligations in regard to accessing and publishing information, writes Pia White.
Editorial: Technology and Human Rights
Right Now puts technology under the microscope in February.
Death on an Island
I think about the life this man was fleeing. I imagine what he was fleeing from. I think about the hiding, the terror, the fear, the desperation that drove him from his home. I think about the journey he would have taken to Indonesia.
The Rudd/Abbott Refugee Revolution
Spencer Zifcak explains why Australia’s asylum seeker policy misses the scale of the global refugee tragedy, disregarding both the humanity of asylum seekers and Australia’s international responsibility.
Human Rights in the Media: January – Mid-Week Review
Australia Day sparked interesting, if familiar, debates in the media, which this year showed signs of extending its focus around the occasion, writes Pia White.
Life in Limbo
Laura O’Neill describes the situation on the ground for asylum seekers in Indonesia now that Australia is “deterring” boat arrivals – work rights, UNHCR processing, access to education and the threat of deportation or detention once refugee claims are rejected.