Every year in Australia as it nears 26 January, there is raging debate about changing the date of Australia Day. This date marks the day that the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson, and Captain Arthur Phillip planted the Union Jack at Sydney Cove to signify the inception of a
Saudi Arabian women were permitted to enter a football stadium to watch a football match between two local teams for the first time on Friday. The women sat in a designated family section, segregated from the male football fans. Previously, if a woman tried to enter a sports stadium, she
The Israeli government’s proposed changes to Israel’s death penalty legislation will make it easier for judges to sentence people to death if they are convicted of terrorist activity. Palestinian leaders fear changes to the existing death penalty legislation will allow Israel to target Palestinians and have labelled the proposed changes
A change in El Salvador’s legislation in 1998 placed a ban on abortion even after rape and incest, when a woman’s health was at risk, and in cases of fatal foetal impairment. This law has resulted in the wrongful conviction of El Salvadorian women for murder after suffering a miscarriage
Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, has again reinstated the national police force in his ‘war on drugs’ after withdrawing the force on October 12. This is the second time the police have been reinstated to the anti-drug operation, ‘double barrel,’ after they were removed in January and re-involved in March. Since
Just one week after the release of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, the Northern Territory Government has announced that it will send an anti-terror taskforce to patrol children in N.T. streets at night. The Territory Response Group (TRG) will be active
Poland’s 99th Independence Day was marred by a 60,000 strong far-right demonstration in the nation’s capital of Warsaw which saw participants donning banners that said, ‘clean blood’, ‘white Poland’ and ‘refugees get out’. Many participants carried the Polish red and white flag while others ignited flares that blanketed the area
Amid elections for the incoming Queensland Government, Amnesty International has called for the state to adopt a Human Rights Agenda to focus on youth justice issues. The agenda is an eleven point plan designed to keep families and children connected and addresses the alarming fact that children as young as
Thousands of independence supporters once again marched through Barcelona Thursday, while students at the Autonomous University of Barcelona went on a three-day strike in support of Catalonia separating from Spain. This came after the Catalan government accused Madrid of taking political prisoners, prompting thousands of protesters to gather in Barcelona
