A plea to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

A plea to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

 

Sometimes I
wonder if the Abbott Government can be classified as being part of
HUMANKIND. Maybe we need a new classification for them.

LiveLeak.com - German Television does first Edward Snowden Interview (ENGLISH)

LiveLeak.com - German Television does first Edward Snowden Interview (ENGLISH)



The insidious human rights violations by USA and their allies

Christmas Island detainees vulnerable: Senator Hanson-Young

Christmas Island detainees vulnerable: Senator Hanson-Young



Abbott and Co are the merchants of Pain,Suffering and utter inhumanity.

They will go down in History as the Barbarians.

BBC World Service - World Have Your Say, International Holocaust and Genocide Day

BBC World Service - World Have Your Say, International Holocaust and Genocide Day



Speak up for the voices that were brutally murdered

Why it's time to redefine Australia Day

Why it's time to redefine Australia Day



"Macquarie – widely considered one of the more progressive early governors, not least in relation to making this land an economic asset for the empire and for his treatment of the colony's Aboriginal people – called the colony's celebration of itself “foundation day”.
By that first celebration of foundation day, Macquarie had already lost his patience with the local Indigenous people because of the threat they posed to the empire's new pastoral frontier by stealing stock and attacking the settlers who had taken their traditional lands.
In 1816 he’d ordered his troops to attack the Aboriginal people at Cow Pastures, south of Sydney, where they'd been playing havoc with the stock runners. Those who did not surrender as “prisoners of war”, Macquarie ordered, should be killed and the males hung up on trees as an example to others. It was a massacre."
As per Article

The grind and grief behind the glitter

The grind and grief behind the glitter

 

How the so called Developed Countries are accomplices to horrible crimes of abuse and exploitation of Children in India and other countries.

That child labour is used to mine mica in India is known. The commissioner with the Indian government's National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, Yogesh Dube, recently visited Jharkhand and said: ''Child labour and trafficking are major issues in Jharkhand and it is high time that people understood.''
Two decades ago, in the face of environmental concerns and in an effort to regulate the mica industry, the government shut mines across the state, but the closures simply drove child labour further, literally and metaphorically, underground.
The organisation of the industry is intentionally opaque, said Kailash Satyarthi, founder of child rights organisation BBA. Those who work at the mine face are unaware of where their product ends up, and those who buy the mica are wilfully blind about where it comes from.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/the-grind-and-grief-behind-the-glitter-20140118-311f8.html#ixzz2qoKq6BKM

Indonesia to Increase Navy Patrols After Australia Incursions - The Jakarta Globe

Indonesia to Increase Navy Patrols After Australia Incursions - The Jakarta Globe
Abbott and his minions in TROUBLED WATERS
Scott Info Pad Morrison the laughing stock of the world.
Agus Barnas, a spokesman for the office of the chief security minister, said on Friday that Indonesia would intensify patrols along its border in the Timor Sea. Another frigate will be added to the existing armada there later this month, he said.
“The government of Indonesia deplores and rejects the violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity by Australian vessels,” he said, reading a statement after a meeting on Friday between his office, the Foreign Ministry, the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI).
“The government of Indonesia underlines that any such violations … constitute a serious matter for the bilateral relations of the two countries.”
Agus said the Indonesian Navy already knew of the territorial breach by after a radar alert originating in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, earlier in the week.
“We need to boost our defense there and intensify our patrols to prevent further intrusions,” he said.
Indonesia also demanded formal clarification for the infringements through diplomatic channels and assurances that such incidents would not be repeated.
Jakarta has also demanded a halt to Australia’s military-led “Operation Sovereign Borders” until assurances are received that there will not be a repeat of such violations.

You are a disgrace to our nation

You are a disgrace to our nation

Disturbing poll about Asylum Seekers denotes a large amount of racist and insane Australians

Asylum seeker boat push-backs may breach international laws, UN warns

Asylum seeker boat push-backs may breach international laws, UN warns

Scott Pad Morrison is in troubled waters with the United Nations.
Abbott and Co Asylum seekers policy is in tatters and is now the laughing stock of the World.

Labor blasts 'Stalinist' silence over asylum lifeboat scheme reports

Labor blasts 'Stalinist' silence over asylum lifeboat scheme reports

The Cowardly Abbott and Co Government hides under the pretext of "Operational Matters". If they only had a heart................ 

Is Australia in danger of becoming 'Asian white trash'? » The New Daily

Is Australia in danger of becoming 'Asian white trash'? » The New Daily


There is a tremendous opportunity for Australia to establish itself as a ‘hinge nation’ for the future economic power bases in East and South Asian societies. Unfortunately, Australia has an image problem … and it’s doing us no favours, writes Andrew Macleod. 

The end of human rights

The end of human rights

What the classical human rights movement has achieved is the recognition of each human being as the moral equal of all others. This is a massive feat. But the nationalist, authoritarian and conservative-religious backlash against the language and practices of secular human rights opens the need for alternative forms of mobilization, of which conventional human rights — meaning civil and political rights diffused from the West — will be just one part.

Where have all our values gone?

Where have all our values gone?
 Article by John Kelly
please click on link above to read this wonderful article.

Have we forgotten the integral part of society : compassion and empathy?