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Image: colloud   In August, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Immigration and Security (PJCIS) released its long-awaited report on the impact ...
The Journalist as Deterrent

The Journalist as Deterrent

The first thing to establish about Maria Ressa is that her accomplishments predate the rise of Rodrigo Duterte to the Philippine presidency. She ha...
Vietnamese-Australian activist Chau Van Kham Still Detained

Vietnamese-Australian activist Chau Van Kham Still Detained

 Chau Van Kham, image supplied by HRW via ABC   In January 2019, Vietnamese-Australian activist Chau Van Kham was arrested in Vietnam and sentence...
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