Human rights
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Guilty verdict against World Vision hero is a travesty of justice
The verdict overnight announces the demise of the rule of law in Israeli courts.
- by Tim Costello and Conny Lenneberg
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Britain ready for ‘next flight’, after halting first plane of refugees to Rwanda
Home Secretary Priti Patel says she would not be “deterred from doing the right thing”. Refugee advocates call the deportation policy immoral and inhumane.
- by Danica Kirka
Sean Turnell’s trial to proceed, rules Myanmar court
The Australian served as economics advisor to leader Aung San Suu Kyi when her government was deposed in an army coup 16 months ago. He’s been in prison since.
- by Grant Peck
The Ukrainian women determined to keep working
Displaced Ukrainian women have not only left their husbands and homeland, but also prosperous careers. Now, on the other side of the world, these resilient women are determined to resume their professional lives in Australia.
- by Tom Canetti
UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uighur policies
The top UN human rights official said on Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of the broad application of counter-terrorism and deradicalisation measures on the rights of Uighur and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region.
Queensland to ban Nazi swastikas this year
The move comes after several high-profile uses of such symbols, including the flying of a Nazi flag over the Brisbane Synagogue in October, and amid pushes to ban them nationwide.
- by Matt Dennien
Chinese camp guards told to shoot escaping Uighurs
A trove of documents from police databases reveal how China locked up Uighurs arbitrarily in militarised prisons.
- by Verity Bowman
Opinion
Greg Norman
Norman opened our eyes to Saudi plans. Now all sports need to make a stand
We are living at a time when the awareness of the power of sport and the responsibility of sport, to make the world a better place, is higher than ever. And it needs to be exercised.
- by Peter FitzSimons
US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
Children were forced apart from their families, prohibited from speaking their native languages and often abused at the boarding schools.
‘I am sorry for Sofia’: Belarus jails girlfriend of dissident seized after forced plane landing
The 24-year-old Russian Sofia Sapega was with her boyfriend Raman Pratasevich on a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius in May 2021 when it was diverted to Minsk by Belarusian authorities.
Opinion
FIFA World Cup
Up for the Cup? Not me after FIFA’s shocking own goal
A staggering number of migrant workers have died building Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, but the FIFA president’s response this week was truly jaw-dropping.
- by Peter FitzSimons