Two men, one an Australian citizen, were sentenced two years' imprisonment by a Fijian court on April 6, for engaging in "unnatural offences" and "indecent practice between two males". The men had made a video featuring gay sex. Homosexuality is
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On April 11, Botswana's parliament debated a bill to scrap the constitutional clause that allows restrictions to the free movement of the general public in order to protect the indigenous Bushmen people of the Kalahari. The Bushmen are currently
At last at the Pearly Gates John Howard stood,St Peter with steely eyes looked at him good.He said, you've a bloody cheek comin' up here,With your fibs and no sorries and your campaigns of fear.
Your "kids overboard" made us all feel quite
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
The fight to expose the truth about the death in custody of Douglas Scott reached the NT Supreme Court on April 11 in a compensation case. Douglas' widow Letty and son Nathan brought the case against three NT prison officers,
On April 9, Jose Bayardi, the Uruguayan defence minister, told a press conference that Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Brazil were considering withdrawing from the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti, the multinational force backing
Days after parliament rejected a Labour government bill to introduce identity cards for all citizens, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has authorised mandatory fingerprinting of new passport applicants to be introduced from next year. The passport
Karen Thorpe & Tim Stewart, Brisbane
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere", Aboriginal rights activist Murrandoo Yanner told a cheering 200-strong crowd at the Inala Community Centre on April 14. The meeting was organised by the
Brian Stephens, Harare
"We're in it to win", read the giant banner hanging off the headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change in Harare during Zimbabwe's general elections.
The opposition MDC's 41 seats were mainly won in the major cities
Sarah Stephen
At its height between 1999 and 2001, the immigration detention business was very lucrative, with up to 3000 asylum seekers imprisoned at one time. But the current operator, Global Solutions Ltd (GSL), is facing lean times.
Since
On April 12, Dr Klaus Stohr, the head of the Geneva-based World Health Organisation's global pandemic program, told reporters that Canadian authorities had discovered on March 25 that between 4700 and 5700 laboratories in 18 countries had been sent
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs — A Memoir of IranBy Christopher de BellaigueHarper Collins, 2004280 pages, $35
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs is a story of Iran told from the standpoint of someone who is both an
By Fred Fuentes & Laura Ealing
Hundreds of people attended pickets, protests, film screenings, public meetings and other events across Australia from April 11 to 17 to develop solidarity with the people and government of Venezuela.
The week of
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