Aussie Takes on Google, and Wins
The High Court of Australia has ruled that a Melbourne man has legal standing to commence proceedings against United States-based internet juggernaut Google for allegedly defamatory material posted on the company’s search engine. The story so far Milorad ‘Michael’ Trkulja...
Australia Accused of War Crimes in Afghanistan
Australian Defence Minister, Marise Payne, has defended Australian soldiers after internal reports suggest they have engaged in the “unsanctioned and illegal application of violence” in Afghanistan. SASR soldiers accused of heinous crimes Disturbing reports have surfaced from inside the Australian...
Facial Recognition Technology: Turning Innocent People Into Suspects
The South Wales police are standing by their facial recognition software despite the fact that its use during last year’s Champions League Final yielded a 92% rate of false positives. Data published on the force’s website suggests that of the...
Big Banks Get Away With Fines Despite Allowing Money Laundering to Flourish
The global drug trade is estimated to be worth half a trillion US dollars every year, which accounts for around 1% of all worldwide trade. Those in the higher echelons of drug enterprises are constantly looking for ways to launder...
Denmark Bans the Burqa and ‘Fake’ Beards
Denmark is not the first country to ban the burqa and niqab. But the new laws, which were passed last week, also include a ban on “fake” facial hair, which has been seen as a convenient way to circumvent rules...
Australia Justifies Atrocities Against Palestinians
Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in response to a barrage of rockets and mortar shells fired upon southern Israel by Palestinian forces. This is the greatest escalation in fighting between the two sides since...
End Forced Organ Harvesting: An Interview With DAFOH’s Sophia Bryskine
An exhibition of actual human corpses that’s currently being shown at the Moore Park Byron Kennedy Hall is causing public outrage. Real Bodies: The Exhibition features the display of 20 cadavers and over 200 human organs preserved through plastination in...
The Rights of People Who Use Drugs: An Interview With INPUD’s Judy Chang
The war on drugs has failed. This is a reality that’s increasingly being acknowledged around the globe, as communities start to realise that the outcomes produced by this intensification of drug law enforcement have been overwhelmingly destructive. The close to...
Courts Struggle to Interpret Emojis
Legal researchers at Melbourne and Deakin Universities have looked into the problems that arise when emojis are used in the courtroom as evidence. The study by Professors Elizabeth Kirley and Marilyn McMahon, entitled ‘The EmojiFactor: Humanizing the Emerging Law of...
Stop the Mass Detentions: An Interview With World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa
Thousands of Uyghur people rallied outside the European Commission in Brussels on April 27, calling on foreign governments to take a stand against the dentention of hundreds of thousands of their people in re-education camps by the Chinese government. Up...
