[The following statement was issued by 90 signatories on June 23, 2003. To view the signatories and sign on, visit <www.asia-pacific-action.org>.]
We are organisations and groups concerned about human rights in Indonesia and about the
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BY MURRAY SMITH
PARIS — As the danger of a general strike against his planned reform of the pension system receded, French social affairs minister Francois Fillon knew who to thank. He paid tribute to the "responsible attitude" of Bernard
BY SARAH STEPHEN
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush are facing inquiries into allegations they fabricated evidence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in order to win public support for going to war.
In
BY DOUG LORIMER
Student leaders held sit-ins on June 22 in front of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) and inside Tehran University to protest the detention of classmates following violent attacks on student protests the previous week by pro-clerical
BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — On June 9-10, the Western Australian government of Labor Premier Geoff Gallop rammed through a draconian law evicting the Swan Valley Nyungah Community (SVNC) from their traditional land. The Reserves (Reserve 43131)
BY JIM MCILROY
GLASGOW — Six weeks after the Scottish Socialist Party increased its representation in the Scottish Parliament from one to six MSPs, the SSP's network for young people — Scottish Socialist Youth (SSY) — held its second
The Socialist Alliance has condemned the Australian government's decision to send warships and troops to police the Solomon Islands. Alliance members at the June 28 Victorian SA conference argued that Canberra would use the intervention to further
The federal Labor opposition's cave-in over the federal government's draconian ASIO bill is a dangerous mistake, warned John Van der Velden, a national co-convener of the Socialist Alliance on June 27.
"In the name of fighting terrorism, ASIO is
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA — Braving near-zero temperatures, 100 people assembled outside the entrance of the National Convention Centre from 8am on June 24 to protest against the 2003 Defence and Industry conference.
The conference is staged
BY NATASHA IZATT
LONDON — A conference of the Stop the War Coalition, held on June 21, has called for a national demonstration on September 27 to demand the end of the occupation of Iraq.
The conference, attended by 700 people, heard a range of
Forty workers at Morris McMahon will return to work on July 1 after almost 16 weeks on strike. They have won union recognition and a registered agreement, a 5% pay rise each year for three years and a 19-day work month. Photo by Celine Brun.
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — A cost blow-out of more than $250 million for the Basslink underwater electricity cable across Bass Strait has been a focus of attention since Greens MPs began questioning Premier Jim Bacon's Labor government about
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