SOLIDARITY STATEMENT: It is deeply concerning that a travel ban has denied Pakistan’s #1 triathlete, Shahrez Khan the chance to participate in the IRONMAN 70.3 world championship in Marbella, Spain this weekend – the pinnacle of world triathlon. Shahrez currently ranks among the top 5% of IRONMAN athletes globally in the AWA (All World Athlete) […]
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“Cruelty or Humanity” priority issue for post Covid societies
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This dramatic new book identifies the world wide, massive crises facing humanity. The planet is burning, civil wars continue, authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism are on the rise, refugees’ rights are trashed, yet in democracies, dictatorships and theocracies, leaders are promoting violence and cruelty as a policy priority. The humanitarian lifebuoy for people, animals and […]
World Human Rights Day in Australia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Human Rights Day in Australia: The Tibetan Nonviolent Struggle with Tenzin Dorjee and Jenny Leong MP – Member for Newtown NONVIOLENT MOVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM and democracy over the last decade, particularly during the Arab Spring, have brought the subject of civil resistance some long overdue attention from global media, scholars and […]
Human Rights Day: Tenzin Dorjee Book Launch
The Tibetan Nonviolent Struggle: A Strategic and Historical Analysis Contrary to a perception — fueled by Chinese propaganda during the 2008 Tibetan uprising that the Tibetan struggle is heading toward extremism, this study shows that the movement has since the 1950s moved toward a tighter embrace of nonviolent resistance. The study traces this evolution, analyzing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Open Letter: Solidarity from Australians for Imran Khan’s Azadi Movement
Hand delivered to Imran Khan 22 December 2014, Bani Gala, Pakistan