Tag: australia

Australian Palestinian and Jewish activists have called on singer and songwriter Xavier Rudd to cancel his planned concert in Israel: ...

In April, US authorities issued an extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with warnings from The Canary and other ...

This article was written for The Canary by Australian barrister Greg Barns, a long-time legal adviser to Julian Assange. Barns ...

The massacres in the New Zealand city of Christchurch saw at least 50 people murdered and many others severely injured. ...

There were extraordinary scenes in the Australian senate on 27 November, as Green senator Sarah Hanson-Young unleashed a breathtaking takedown of what ...

Thousands of Australian school children walked out of their lessons on 30 November to protest at their government's lack of ...

An apparent copy and paste error indicates that charges have been prepared against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. This is not ...

Evidence has come to light of a deal to evict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. ...

A threat to ban celebrated whistleblower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning from visiting Australia has meant she will be unable to ...

This week, an inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man in custody is underway at Sydney's Downing Centre in ...

A leaked undercover operations training manual reveals how US agencies were authorised to carry out entrapment and other illegal activities ...

A video preview of a new Levellers single reminds us all of the perils faced by millions of refugees. And ...

Following a national postal survey, Australia has voted 'yes' to allowing same-sex marriage. In an overwhelming victory, 61.6% of the population ...

Activists have scaled Sydney Opera House in support of more than 600 refugees - all men - on Manus Island, ...

Around 600 refugees have been held for years on a remote island detention centre by the Australian government. But now ...

The famous image from the 1968 Olympics depicts an iconic protest against ethnic inequality. African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised ...

A Kurdish journalist and poet fled Iran to seek asylum in Australia. But Australian authorities incarcerated him on the remote ...