Extreme Multiculturalism: The Root of Evil?
By Sayomi AriyawansaIs “extreme multiculturalism” leading to cultural relativism and terrorism? Sayomi Ariyawansa critiques Kevin Donnelley’s theory.
Anti-terrorism – Page 3
Friday chat: Mike Smith
Hector Sharp in conversation with Mike SmithRight Now Editor Hector Sharp interviews Mike Smith, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and current Executive Director of UNCTED about life, terrorism and human rights education.
Does government spying violate human rights law?
By Asher HirschAsher Hirsch on surveillance and human rights.
A call to disarm
By Erin HandleyGun violence is seemingly far removed from Australia, but by investing in the weapons industry and indulging in recreational drugs, we fuel ongoing drug wars in Mexico. Disarm, by Pedro Reyes, creatively calls arms companies to account, writes Erin Handley.
The need for counter-terrorism law reform
By Alexandra HurleyAlexandra Hurley on the need for counter-terrorism law reform
CHOGM and human rights in Sri Lanka
By Lucy SwinnenIs Sri Lanka a suitable host for CHOGM considering the poor human rights situation in the country? We speak to Amnesty International’s Ming Yu.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mid-Week Review
By Maya BoromBy Maya Borom. Mira Nair’s film adaptation of Pakistani author Moshin Hamid’s bookof the same name provides a delicate introspection into protagonist Changez’s (Riz Ahmed) struggle with his western consumerist driven identity and his eastern cultural, religious and familial background. This struggle is told as a first person narrative to investigative journalist Bobby Lincoln who […]
What do ASIO’s adverse security assessments of refugees actually mean?
By Andrew ZammitThere has been some progress towards achieving due process for Australia’s “legal black hole” refugees.
Human rights in the media: April – Mid-Week Review
By Sam RyanBy Sam Ryan. In April we saw two all-female television panel shows on the same night, differing reactions to bombings in different parts of the world, and what happens when Formula One brings attention to a nation plagued by civil unrest. ‘Ladyqanda’: progress or novelty? In late March, The Age’s Suzy Freeman Green lamented the […]
Zero Dark Thirty – Mid-Week Review
By Maya BoromBy Maya Borom. On 2 May 2011 United States Navy Seals transgressed into Pakistani territory and successfully assassinated Al-Qaeda’s spiritual leader, and the most wanted man in the world, Osama Bin Laden. The operation and its outcome was the realisation of a decade of what can be aptly described as global terrorist hunting that stretched […]
Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights After 9/11 – Mid-Week Review
By Jessica SzwarcbordBy Jessica Szwarcbord. In the beginning of the post-9/11 era it seemed that no one could stop the United States from aggressively retaliating in any way it wished. A freight train blasting through a new landscape, sculpted by the uncertainty and terror of the catastrophic plane-into-building event that has become a ‘where-were-you-when?’ moment in all […]
Interview with Christine Assange
Samaya Chanthaphavong in conversation with Christine AssangeSamaya Chanthaphavong spoke to Christine Assange about government transparency, human rights and the possible extradition of her son, Julian Assange, to the United States of America. Right Now: Julian is seeking political asylum in Ecuador. Can you please explain to our readers why you think the Australian consular or governmental support has abandoned him, and […]