鈥淲e are human beings, why are we ignored?鈥, a Tamil refugee inside the Christmas Island detention centre told 麻豆传媒 Weekly on the night of January 28.
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Children are the biggest victims of the war in Afghanistan, a January 6 AFP article said. It quoted an Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM) report, which said more than 1050 people under 18 years of age were killed in 2009 alone.
A global temperature rise of 2掳 Celsius 鈥 the target set at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December 鈥 is a death sentence for Tuvalu.
On December 16, the Victorian state government passed the Summary Offences and Control of Weapons Acts Amendment Bill 2009.
On January 13, Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 US network FoxNews claimed that while the US 鈥渨as leading [the] international relief effort in Haiti鈥, Cuba was 鈥渃onspicuously absent from the roster of helping hands鈥.
On January 14, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Google had removed links to Encyclopedia Dramatica, a user-editable, 鈥渟atirical鈥 website that uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia.
As debate over the travel ban on US citizens visiting Cuba continues in the US Congress, many US citizens remain afraid of visiting their largest Caribbean neighbour.
Child detention
Congratulations to Sue Gilbey for winning the International Bremen Peace Award and working to end Australia's shameful treatment of asylum seekers. (Suffering in the 'lucky country', GLW #822).
My country, Scotland, also treats
The article below is abridged from Aporea.org. It has been translated by Kiraz Janicke.
More than 1000 gathered on January 17 to protest the enforced closure of the Tote hotel, a victim of changes to Victoria鈥檚 liquor licensing laws that have seen the popular inner-city music venue upgraded to a 鈥渉igh risk鈥 venue.
The recent murder of Nitin Garg highlighted continuing violence against Indian students. It has led some to ask 鈥淚s Australia a racist country?鈥 and put others on the defensive about Australia鈥檚 racist image.
A nightclub in Singapore held an event on January 16 encouraging women to have their breast size judged in exchange for alcohol. Material for the event titled Fill my Cups invited women to 鈥渟tep right up to the Boobie Booth and flaunt what you鈥檝e got鈥.
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