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Myanmar
‘Hundreds’ including women and children killed in drone attacks crossing river to flee war
Horrific stories are emerging of an atrocity in war-ravaged Myanmar, allegedly at the hands of a rebel army, which has denied responsibility.
- by Zach Hope and Saiful Arakani
Latest
An Iranian man says he fears harm if sent home. The government says it’s not enough
A person in immigration detention cannot be released just because they fear persecution in their birth country, the federal government will argue in a High Court challenge.
- by Angus Thompson
Updated
Asylum seekers
Dozens of Rohingya refugees feared dead in boat tragedy off Indonesia
Asian news agencies, one citing an Indonesian official, reported the boat was headed to Australia. Border Force said this was not true.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Australia may be next for Rohingya refugees ‘running out of places to go’
Fleeing violence and squalid conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar is desperate.
- by Chris Barrett
Opinion
Human rights
If we’re willing to imprison outsiders for life, we must ask: Who are we?
The release of 84 detainees has triggered a fierce debate. But as former POW and US Republican John McCain once said: “It’s not about who they are. It’s about who we are.”
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Myanmar coup
Why do we engage with the machinery of atrocity?
Australians should know why their government has given support to Myanmar’s murderous military, and to what effect.
- by David Scott Mathieson
Exclusive
Refugees
‘I expect more from Australia’: Bangladesh calls for action on Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh’s foreign minister warns of potential extremism that could affect the whole region.
- by Chris Barrett
‘Naive and dangerous’: Australia urged to do more as refugee crisis, and boats, return
Over the past two months hundreds of refugees have died at sea in south-east Asia. Why isn’t Australia doing more to help?
- by Anthony Galloway
Dozens of weak Rohingya land on Indonesian beach after weeks at sea
The UN urged countries in South Asia to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees aboard a small boat adrift for several weeks in the Andaman Sea.
- by Yayan Zamzami
‘The more I try, the more enemies I make’: An exiled investigator speaks out
Paween Pongsirin spearheaded Thailand’s largest human-trafficking prosecution only to be transferred off the case and forced to seek asylum in Australia.
- by Michael Ruffles
Opinion
Gender equality
‘Violence begets violence’: The brewing rage stirring in women gathers force
Women have a right to be angry. Recent events around the world are acts of profound violence against women, taking them back to a time of masculine ownership and female subjugation.
- by Virginia Haussegger