The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) recently observed the passing of torture survivor Adhe Tapontsang, one of the longest-serving Tibetan political prisoners in exile. In common with the late Nelson Mandela, she endured 27 years in prison for her resistance against China’s military occupation of Tibet in the late 1950s. Reflecting on the […]
Category: Advocacy
Profile: A Reason for Hope – Geoffrey Robertson KC
London-based human rights barrister GEOFFREY ROBERTSON KC delivered an international keynote address to the 2nd Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma in Recovery Conference in Brisbane over four days in March. At the close of the conference, the founder and joint head of Doughty Street Chambers spoke with KAREN COLLIER exclusively for Refugee Transitions on […]
The climate emergency: a firefighter’s warning
Climate inaction presents more serious dangers to firefighters globally today, but particularly in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on the planet. Since the Royal Commission into the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Australia’s all-time worst bushfire disasters, founding director of the Australian Firefighter’s Climate Alliance (AFCA) Jim Casey has advocated tirelessly for a larger, more professional […]
Urgent appeal – the case of Pakistani cancer patient Hassan Asif
From: Karen Collier <bravemedia.karen@gmail.com>Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:22 PMTo: peter.duDon.mp@aph.gov.auCc: hcparepcanberra@internode.on.net; dhcpahiccanberra@internode.on.net; cg@pakistan.org.auSubject: Urgent appeal – the case of Pakistani cancer paKent Hassan Asif Dear Hon. Minister Mr. Peter Dutton, I write with urgency and deep concern about the case of Pakistani student with terminal illness, Hassan Asif and the rejection of his […]
A Cause for Celebration
China extended the long arm of its security apparatus across borders in order to securitize the Dalai Lama’s birth anniversary this year, which is traditionally celebrated by Tibetans worldwide on 6 July. Abandoning the element of fear that is a hallmark of failed authoritarian projects—Tibetans defiantly celebrated the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday inside restive Tibet, […]
Dear Dalai Lama: Letters from Australians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jamie Parker MP, Member for Balmain to host book launch at NSW Parliament in honour of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday Australians have come together to honour HH the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet in a special anthology, Dear Dalai Lama: Letters from Australians, published in association with Brave Media and the […]
What Imran Wants
Ever since Pakistan’s landmark general elections in May 2013 which saw the first transfer of power between civilian governments, opposition leader of the Tehreek e Insaf party or ‘Movement for Justice’, Imran Khan made allegations of corruption and systematic vote rigging. Having initially sought an audit of four disputed constituencies and verification of voters’ thumbprint […]
State of Resistance
“Ever since a National uprising in 2008, Tibet has been in a state of constant resistance against Chinese occupation. The Tibetan people describe this condition – Tsen-göl.” (Tsundue, 2012) Following this year’s 56th anniversary of the Tibetan Peoples’ Uprising (observed 10 March worldwide) Tenpa Dugdak, a Tibetan refugee living in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, told me […]
Open Letter: Solidarity from Australians for Imran Khan’s Azadi Movement
Hand delivered to Imran Khan 22 December 2014, Bani Gala, Pakistan
A Tribute to Mr. Peter Rex Grogan (1934-2012)
SYDNEY: The recent passing of Mr. Peter Grogan on 11 November 2012, is a great loss to a wide network of friends, colleagues and professionals spanning many communities, including the Australian legal community, the Tibetan community in Australia and beyond. A thanksgiving service was held for Mr. Grogan at St Swithun’s Anglican Church in Pymble […]
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