Press Release – Asian Human Rights Commission

The Jayapura state court today found five Papuan leaders guilty of treason, sentencing them to three years imprisonment. A number of organisations seriously regret the verdict and have questioned the fairness of the trial proceedings. Read more »

Press Release – Committee of the Global March to Jerusalem

In three short weeks the world will join in solidarity with Palestinians to demand real change in their struggle for human rights. Land convoys will arrive from India and South Africa. Marches will commence from several locations toward Jerusalem in … Read more »

Article – William Blum

“Defense lawyers say Manning was clearly a troubled young soldier whom the Army should never have deployed to Iraq or given access to classified material while he was stationed there … They say he was in emotional turmoil, partly because he was a gay soldier … Read more »

Press Release – Peace Movement Aotearoa

Remembering Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Aotearoa New Zealand Read more »

Press Release – Oxfam NZ

In a show of solidarity with people across the Pacific, many of whom lack the basics taken for granted by Kiwis, Oxfam New Zealand’s Executive Director Barry Coates was joined by staff and supporters to carry heavy loads of water, vegetables and … Read more »

Article – Annemarie Thorby

One officer told the court the police ‘have a lot of information on everyone’ and another saying he had initiated his own surveillance operations sometimes while on holiday. Read more »

Article – Asian Human Rights Commission

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission: 15 Feb – Something is changing within the Khmer nation. Those storied Khmer characteristics – the broad smile; the gentle, peaceful compassionate nature – and the centuries-old … Read more »

Press Release – University of Sydney

By University of Sydney Feb 08, 2012 1:01AM UTC From the impact of posting mobile phone footage on YouTube to the notion that hopes for greater autonomy are futile, a new e-book from the University of Sydney brings together myriad perspectives on … Read more »

Column – David Swanson

A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, … Read more »

Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

Tuesday 17 January 2012, 5pm A commemoration of this day six years ago, when forty-three West Papuans beached their traditional canoe at Mappoon in far north Queensland and asked for political asylum. Read more »