Justice

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable. Now joining the Cook...

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

An edited version of a speech Mary Kostakidis delivered at the Media Diversity Australia Symposium where she spoke...

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as state authority on Sydney’s streets

COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper...

Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael West and Stephanie Tran Amid revelations of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the Australian government and media have...

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

By Wendy Bacon On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his visit. In a “National Day of Protest”,...

Jonathan Cook: The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth

COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook If you struggle to cope with the endless pressure to communicate in an ever-more connected world, spare a thought for the...

French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown Fast-paced electronic music pumps in the background as a rapid montage of moving images flash across the screen. In a 20...

‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the arrests of two American journalists for covering a protest at the Cities Church ...