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Sara M. Saleh is a writer and human rights lawyer. She has won two of Australia’s most prestigious poetry prizes: Overland’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2020 and Australian Book Review’s Peter Porter Poetry Prize in 2021. She has published extensively in literary and poetry journals, and co-edited Arab, Australian,…

Lawsuit claims coffee chain procured materials from farms and cooperatives that have committed violations against workers

Letter to US president says more reporters have been killed in Gaza war since October than in any single country over an entire year

Australia has been recognised as a vibrant democracy that protects human rights but has been urged to provide greater support to refugees and Indigenous people.

The past 12 months marked a "formidable" year for suppression of human rights, with world leaders ignoring violations in Sudan and Gaza, and against marginalized groups like the Uighurs, a monitor said Thursday.

Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crises

In the country’s ‘lithium triangle’ activists say Indigenous land protections have been removed and protests against mining violently repressed

The lack of condemnation of these appalling crimes is not only unjust – it is a sign of deeper biases that must be addressed, say ambassadors Deborah Lipstadt and Michèle Taylor

Barça face Osasuna in the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh on Thursday, with the club advising supporters to be ‘respectful and prudent’

China-Canada relations appear caught in a well-charted downward spiral in recent years amid tensions on various fronts that encompass human rights concerns, cybersecurity issues and, of course, disputes related to the arrests of Meng Wanzhou and the “two Michaels.”

Secret vote held after 13 African members could not agree on a candidate, as some criticise Rabat’s rights record.