Apartheid Israel Can Now Revoke Palestinians’ Citizenship
In a 21 July decision, the Israeli Supreme Court found that the nation’s interior minister may strip the citizenship of a person who has engaged in crimes that constitute a “breach of loyalty”, which does not bode well for Palestinian citizens...
Technology May Be the Key to Predicting Crime and Efficiently Allocating Resources
Technology is changing our lives in some of the most significant ways. And while it might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that has been tested across eight cities in the United...
The Laws Relating to Cyber Bullying and Online Abuse in Australia
The Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) was passed by the Australian Parliament on 23 June 2021 and came into effect on 23 January 2022. The second reading speeches to the Act makes clear that its objectives include: Protecting Australian adults...
Australian Imams Call Out Beijing’s Oppression of the Uyghur People
The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) released a statement last Friday, calling out the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) decades-long persecution of the Uyghur people in their homelands, which has only been intensifying over recent years. The Uyghurs are a Central Asian...
Albanese’s Backdoor Diplomacy Could Spell Assange’s Death Knell
Following UK home secretary Priti Patel providing her government’s approval to the extradition of Julian Assange to the US on 17 June, the authorities at London’s Belmarsh prison stripped the Australian journalist naked and stuck him in isolation to prevent any...
Chomsky Issues Dire Warning that Time is Running Out
“We are at a unique moment in human history,” Professor Noam Chomsky told the American Solar Energy Society 2022 conference on 21 June. “Decisions that must be made right now will determine the course of future history, if there is to...
If Assange Is Sent to the US, He Will Die, Pilger Says, as Australia Continues to Collude
“I don’t think there is any doubt in my mind, as there is no doubt in the minds of his loved ones, that if Julian goes to the United States, and is effectively dropped in a penal hellhole, that will...
“Tibetan Sovereignty Hasn’t Been Ceded”: An Interview With Greens Senator Janet Rice
The 8th World Parliamentarians Conference on Tibet took place two weeks ago. Organised by the Tibetan government-in-exile, the meeting involved politicians discussing the need for greater global coordination around the issue of China’s seventy-year occupation of Tibet. Following a ground invasion in...
Thousands of Sydneysiders Rally for Abortion Rights, as Roe Versus Wade is Overturned in the US
“This is an elite court of law in the US that has made a decision that affects tens of millions of people - makes their lives worse - with the stroke of a pen,” said Unite Against the Right spokesperson Hersha...
R Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking
R & B Singer R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking women and girls. The charges relate to his use of managers and aides to meet girls and keep them obedient - an operation...
