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Recognizing Genocide
Dean Kalimniou (source 
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Genocide is the responsibility of the entire world.” ― Ann Clwyd, A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq A few weeks ago, an article penned by John Williams appeared in Quandrant entitled, “The Ethnic Cleansing of Greeks from Gallipoli, April 1915.” This marks a rare moment where a mainstream publication has attempted to draw attention to an aspect of the Gallipoli myth … Continue reading
Posted in A, Australasia, Crime against humanity, Denial, Diaspora, Genocide, Global issues, Historical, Human rights, Humanity, Middle East, Opinion
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Human Rights Law Centre Annual Dinner for 2013
Dana Affleck (source )
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Last night an impressive number of people from a wide range of backgrounds gathered together to celebrate and support human rights advances and advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre Annual Dinner for 2013. Justice Edwin Cameron Fiona McLeay, the executive director of PILCH highlighted the opportunities presented by a room full of talented and engaged people who share a vision of the future. She … Continue reading
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Greens push Coalition to get children off Manus
Bianca Hall (source )
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The Greens have issued a challenge to the Coalition to help them bring asylum seeker children back from Manus Island to the mainland. Asylum seeking children on Manus Island. Photo: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre When parliament resumes later this month, the party’s immigration spokeswoman Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will move to amend the Migration Act. If her push is successful, it would block this and future … Continue reading
Inspiring barrister to speak at leadership conference
Brigid O Gorman (source )
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A barrister and refugee advocate who fostered a teenage Afghan refugee will be one of the speakers at the Law and Justice Leadership Conference, which takes place next week as part of Law Week. Foley’s List barrister Jessie Taylor will be joined at the Conference, which is aimed at students in Year 7 and 8, by former High Court justice Michael Kirby, who will give … Continue reading
Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10
Bianca Hall (source )
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EXCLUSIVE – There’s a certain similarity between the fate of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island and terror accused David Hicks, retired Marine Corps lawyer Michael [Dan] Mori acknowledges. Michael Mori, the former US Military Lawyer who defended David Hicks is now representing asylum seeking detainees at Nauru. Photo: Justin McManus Both are often maligned in public opinion, he says, but asylum seekers … Continue reading
The spanner of “human dignity” in the wheels of modern medicine
Rosalind English (source )
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International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents 17 April 2013 [2013] EWHC 807 (Ch) – read judgment The EU bans the patenting of human embryos for commercial purposes. This ban is implemented in national law via the 1977 Patents Act. But what precisely is a “human embryo” for the purposes of the Biotech Directive? Or, put another way, must the process involving embryonic stem cells … Continue reading
Manolada
Dean Kalimniou (source )
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There are certain toponyms that are deeply etched within the psyche of the Modern Greek. These toponyms, dredged up from the dank and dark depths of a reconstructed history and national consciousness are oft cited as lexical encapsulations of the diachronic character of the Greek. A migrant worker at Manolada’s strawberry fields, photographed in 2008. Photograph: Getty Images Take Marathon for instance. Its hallowed plain … Continue reading
”The Great Fire of Smyrna” – The lost document – Smyrna 1922
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“The Great Fire of Smyrna is the name commonly given to the fire that ravaged Izmir/Smyrna from 13 to 17 September 1922. Turkish armed forces systematically burned the city and killed Greek and Armenian inhabitants. This is based on extensive eyewitness evidence from Western troops sent to Smyrna during the evacuation, foreign diplomats/relief workers based at Smyrna and Turkish sources.” – Wikipedia.org Fyi: http://vimeo.com/10069165# Robert … Continue reading
Strawberry Fields in Blood
Justine Frangouli-Argyris (source )
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I feel shame, disgust and horror for what happened in New Manolada, Greece this week. I feel I must apologize for the Greek monsters who blindly opened fire, injuring a host of migrant strawberry pickers from Pakistan and Bangladesh who had been left unpaid for months and returned to demand their dues. Instead of the landowner listening to their legitimate grievances, he, inexplicably, commanded his … Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora, Discrimination, Europe, General, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Hypocrisy, Migration, Opinion, Poverty, Society
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