BY SARAH STEPHEN
The five-day hunger strike by 170 people imprisoned in the Woomera detention centre, which began on March 7, has received scant coverage in the mainstream media. This has made it difficult for asylum seekers to relay their protest
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BY PIP HINMAN
She is one of Asia's most significant trade union leaders. Dita Sari, the 30-year-old chairperson of the independent Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI), achieved notoriety for her refusal to be bought off.
Most
BY DITA SARI
[The following statement was issued on March 8 by Dita Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI).]
International Women's Day is not just an annual tradition. This isn't also just a celebration.
BY SARAH CLEARY
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the historic "X case" ruling whereby suicidal women in Ireland were permitted to travel overseas to obtain an abortion.
Rather than mark this anniversary with further liberalisation of
BY RUSSELL PICKERING& ALISON DELLIT
The Australian government is attempting to introduce legislation giving secret police agencies more powers, and enabling state persecution of dissidents. The legislation includes granting the attorney-general the
SAN FRANCISCO — In a recent news release, the Canadian Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC group) announced that the biotechnology industry continues to aggressively pursue the development of genetically modified seeds
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BY PIP HINMAN
More than 10,100 people have signed an online petition supporting
a call for a royal commission into the government's treatment of asylum
seekers. Out of thousands of active petitions from all over the world listed
on the
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
Only one day after an angry March 14 meeting of State Transit Authority (STA) bus drivers voted to strike for 48 hours in pursuit of their wage claim, the executive of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union has deferred the action.
The
BY PETER BOYLE
SYDNEY On March 13, the Sydney Labor for Refugees group decided
to oppose the attempted exclusion of members of the Democratic Socialist
Party, International Socialist Organisation and other activist left groups
from the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Hundreds of detained asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been denied protection visas, despite recommendations from immigration department officers that they be granted.
A spokesperson for immigration minister Philip Ruddock
BY NORM DIXON
On March 13, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was officially pronounced the winner of the March 9-11 presidential election with 55% of the vote. Mugabe's "victory" over opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate
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