ZIMBABWE: 78 women arrested at rally
An attempt to protest on World Refugee Day in Bulawayo was met by fierce repression on June 19 as participants and bystanders were arrested for "holding an illegal gathering". Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) said
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On June 24, Durban, East London, Cape Town and Johannesburg each hosted hundreds-strong protests demanding that US President George Bush spend money on health care over warfare. The protests were organised by the Treatment Action Campaign, which
Josephine Polak
Legal services for Indigenous Australians are about to be destroyed by a dangerous plan driven by the "ideological agenda to mainstream Aboriginal services" and "undermine the right of Indigenous Australians to self-determination",
Robyn Waite, Dili
The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) is a coalition of Asian human rights groups and East Timor solidarity networks that was founded at a conference in Manila in 1994 with the aim of galvanising solidarity with East
Rohan Pearce
"There is no doubt in my mind that Australia's involvement in the Iraq conflict was consistent with our interests and our values... I believe in the US[-Australia] alliance because it is in our national interest and delivers enormous
Ghali Hassan
"Today you are free. The torture chambers and rape rooms have been shut down" — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, told Iraqi women on March 8, International Women's Day.
In one of the most secular countries in the Arab world,
Peter Boyle
The Greens and the Socialist Alliance have condemned the ALP's support for the Coalition government's reactionary legislation on pharmaceutical benefits, "free trade" and "anti-terrorism".
Greens Senator Bob Brown said that it is now
Pentagon failed to get export permit
"Forced nudity, hooding and the use of dogs all were interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay prison — but, top Bush administration lawyers insisted this week, never meant to be applied in
Vivienne Porzoltz, a founding member of Jews Against the Occupation, and a member of the Australian Socialist Alliance, recently travelled to Palestine to take part in an international women's march for peace and justice. She spoke to Green Left
As US President George Bush's plane touched down at Shannon Airport in Ireland's west, more than 10,000 protesters turned out in Dublin on June 25 to protest his visit, and call on their government to stop allowing US war planes to refuel at Shannon.
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