COVID-19 and the unravelling of refugee protection
As nations turn inward in response to COVID-19, the institutions safeguarding refugees face an uncertain future.
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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.
You Daughters of Freedom: a review
Through the eyes of five remarkable women, Clare Wright explores the battle for women’s votes. Wright reestablishes these forgotten suffragettes and ensures that history will remember their inspiring example.
The government’s COVID-19 relief package leaves out the most vulnerable
In this time of community spirit, our systems continue to marginalise and discriminate against refugees and people seeking asylum.
The Witches Are Coming: a review
Equal parts funny, empowering and moving, Lindy West’s book of essays The Witches Are Coming focuses on feminism and protest, asking us not to despair, but to be empowered and to act.
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America: a review
In San Francisco four refugees arrive fleeing harassment and violence, only to find that their freedom in the US is still uncertain. In the age of Trump’s anti-immigration, seeking asylum can take years and too often they find themselves struggling with basic human rights and needs.
Why did Australia abolish birthright citizenship?
Citizenship in Australia is not a constitutional right, leaving Australian citizenship law vulnerable to political whims.
Waning Hope: A Refugee’s Response to the Repeal of Medevac
Through its repeal of the medevac legislation, Australia has taken our future and made it our demise, writes Shamindan Kanapadhi.
Women, Men & the Whole Damn Thing: a review
Based on his original article, David Leser investigates the origins, perpetuation and consequences of male violence in his insightful and powerful new book.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: A matter of life and death?
In light of the voluntary assisted dying bill currently before the Western Australian parliament, Janelle Koh considers voluntary assisted dying from a critical rights perspective, and queries whether a right to a good death may operate with unequal effect upon minority populations.
At your own risk: The criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure in Singapore
Daryl Yang considers the criminalisation of non-disclosure of HIV in Singapore, and the implications of a recent legal development for LGBTQ+ Singaporeans.
See What You Made Me Do: a review
Jess Hill’s engaging book is a call for us to rethink the structures enabling the continuing national crisis of domestic violence.
The Ungrateful Refugee: a review
Dina Nayeri’s book, The Ungrateful Refugee, opens up a narrative of refugee experience, and what is it like to flee, hope, wait and start anew.