Tag: Intervention
A less reported aspect of the March 28 order, passed by fifteen votes to one, was that Israel’s military refrain from committing “acts which constitute a violation of any rights of the Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group” under the Genocide Convention “including by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance.”
In this, the Court points to the possible, and increasingly plausible nexus, between starvation, famine and deprivation of necessaries as state policies with the intent to injure and kill members of a protected group. It is no doubt something that will weigh heavily on the minds of the judges as they continue mulling over the nature of the war in Gaza, which South Africa continues to insist is genocidal in scope and nature.
The telling question here is whether Albanese will get any purchase with the Washington set. While enjoying a reputation as a pragmatic negotiator able to reach agreements in tight circumstances, the pull of the US national security establishment may prove too strong. “We now get to see Australia’s standing in Washington, valued ally or not,” was the guarded response of Assange’s father John Shipton.
Source: Julian Assange and Albanese’s Intervention – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Media silence enabled a successful attempt by the Government to withhold information from the New England electorate in order to achieve an outcome favourable to that government. Is there much more worthy of investigation, one has to ask, than the deliberate withholding of information from voters in order to influence the outcome of an election?
via The cost of the media’s abject failure to report Barnaby’s ‘private’ life
Key points:
Immigration Department advised up to 700 asylum seekers “must” be granted permanent protection
Scott Morrison agreed to “mitigation strategies” including asking ASIO to slow down security checks so deadlines would be missed
Without intervention, 30 extra asylum seekers a week could have been granted protectionMorrison set the example of Christian Compassion now Israel is following the Dutton way.
A decade of punitive government attention has brought a loss of knowledge and authority that is keenly felt in remote communities
Celeste Liddle, Arrernte woman, unionist, writer, feminist and activist – not necessarily in that order – was the keynote speaker last night at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre’s annual International Women’s Day address. This is an unedited version of her speech. I am, through my father’s side of the family, an Arrernte woman. For thoseMore
Source: Looking Past White Australia And White Feminism – New Matilda
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