The brazen abduction of Pakistan’s No. 1 triathlete, Shahrez Khan from his Lahore home last Thursday, should alarm all who care about civil liberties and democratic freedoms in Commonwealth countries. Shahrez is an Oxford MBA graduate, entrepreneur, and regional head at the Australia-based company, Simba Global. As the nephew of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran […]
Category: Reports
Vale Syed Atiq ul Hassan: ‘Fearless journalist’ and ‘passionate advocate for multiculturalism.’
28 April – SYDNEY, Australia: With profound sadness, beloved father, husband, brother, community leader, mentor and friend, Syed Atiq ul Hassan, peacefully returned to his Creator on Saturday, 26th April. Throughout his life, Syed Atiq ul Hassan dedicated over 36 years to serving multicultural and Islamic communities across Australia, including the Australian Pakistani community. He […]
Why Did They Shoot? Imran Khan’s ‘Final Call’
In 2024, demands for democracy and human rights characterised elections worldwide, but many voters within the Commonwealth faced more dangerous political environments where peaceful resistance was met with brute force. Of the two billion people who set out to vote across 60 countries last year, 33 percent were from the Commonwealth, a 56-member union of […]
A heartfelt farewell for retired Tibetan civil servant in Australia’s Capital Territory
Photo: courtesy CTA/OoT, United Nations Geneva Office, Switzerland circa 2014. With profound sadness, members of ACT’s Tibetan Community and their friends and supporters gathered to pay their respects and offer prayers for the late Mr Ngodup Gyaltsen, a retired former civil servant of the Central Tibetan Administration, who passed in Canberra on 31 December, 2023. […]
26 June: A World Without Torture
The UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, one of the key instruments in fighting torture, came into effect. Today, there are 173 State parties to the Convention, yet despite […]
Resolving Sino-Tibet Conflict and Securing Peace in the Region
I was immensely proud to join the Tibetan communities of Australia this week in welcoming Hon. Penpa Tsering, President of Tibet’s Government in-Exile during his first official visit to the Pacific region, organised by the Office of Tibet in Australia. Since meeting the first Tibetan exiles in Canberra 20 years ago, it was an honour to […]
Challenging the Status Quo: Advancing Trauma Recovery
Around the age of 15, a copy of the late Dr Herbert Benson MD’s book, The Relaxation Response, found its way onto my bookshelf. The pioneering work of Dr Benson and his colleagues committed to exploring mind-body approaches to counter the stress response in collaboration with Tibetan refugees, paved the way to building an evidence […]
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 […]
Urgent appeal – the case of Pakistani cancer patient Hassan Asif
From: <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 patient 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 plea for […]
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, […]
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