From the news on: human rights [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

From the news on human rights: 

• “King Charles III acknowledges 'abhorrent' violence during Kenya's struggle for freedom”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/king-charles-iii-acknowledges-abhorrent-violence-during-kenyas-struggle-for-freedom/2xd1adhyb   but does not apologise ...    

 

• The need for a “Permanent, Specialised International Crimes Unit”   https://acij.org.au/our-work/policy-and-law-reform/permanent-specialised-international-crimes-unit/    

 

• “The New Humanitarian | As deadline looms, deportation fears drive Afghans out of Pakistan”   https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/10/30/deadline-looms-deportation-fears-afghanistan-pakistan   
  

• “‘Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive’: how a police program targeted Indigenous kids”   https://theconversation.com/unreasonable-unjust-oppressive-how-a-police-program-targeted-indigenous-kids-216627   

• “No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere”   https://theconversation.com/no-back-door-for-5-years-remote-communitys-high-court-win-is-good-news-for-renters-everywhere-216821   
  

• “ABC defends Patricia Karvelas from vile homophobic abuse”   https://qnews.com.au/abc-defends-patricia-karvelas-after-vile-homophobic-abuse/   and also   “We Must Do More to Address the Online Harassment of Women Journalists”   https://freedomhouse.org/article/we-must-do-more-address-online-harassment-women-journalists  
  

• “Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143177  
  

• “Iran urged to end new rights clampdown following teenage girl’s death”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143137  
  

• “Domestic violence crisis: Number of women allegedly killed in family violence incidents soars”   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-01/women-murder-spike-sparks-calls-for-domestic-violence-register/103048644   and   “Chanel Contos says porn leading to violence and grooming in Australia”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/porn-leading-to-rising-sexual-violence-and-grooming-in-australia-consent-activist-says/2ln2l917j   and   (the answer to the question is: badly, suggesting the ban is tokenistic) “FIFA has barred Luis Rubiales for three years. How does this compare to its other bans?”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/fifa-has-barred-luis-rubiales-for-three-years-how-does-this-compare-to-its-other-bans/9lhfv32d3   

 

• “Kal Angam-Kal” - Women on the Line   “On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow (iTaukei Fijian vasu Batiki, Lomaiviti), who is one of the lead artists for Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua. Kal Angam Kal illuminates the little-known history of exiled West Papuan Elders residing in Narrm through the unique lens of the community's youth. Yasbelle has collaborated with West Papuan artist, Cyndi Makabory (Biak and Waropen), to bring this project to life.The exhibition features new film works in which six young community members conduct interviews with their chosen Elders. Kal Angam-Kal is the first film exhibition to tell the stories of the West Papuan community by the community in Narrm. The show will be debuting at Footscray Community Arts on the 1^st November and will run until the 28^th January 2024. Follow Kal Angam-Kal on Instagram and visit http://footscrayarts.com/ for more information.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/women-on-the-line/id312631232?i=1000633022031   or at   https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode/kal-angam-kal  

 

 Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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