One phone call changed her life.
A story by SBS Dateline
Words and photos by Emily Jane Smith
Video by Gavin Blyth
A small community in Australia is living a nightmare.
This is Fana, Tesfu and Amele.
In their home country, a brutal conflict has unfolded.
For their community, communication is limited, but each successful call home may bring more bad news.
A cousin dead, a sister raped, a brother missing.
In a desperate attempt to tell the world their story, they spoke to SBS Dateline.
Fana, Tesfu and Amele are from Tigray, a region in the north of Ethiopia.
Bhima Koregaon case shows ‘deteriorating democracy’ in India: Panelists at US congressional briefing
Bhima Koregaon case shows ‘deteriorating democracy’ in India: Panelists at US congressional briefing
This came after a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm found further evidence that 22 letters were planted in activist Rona Wilson’s laptop. Activist Rona Wilson. | HT Photo
A US congressional briefing held by a coalition of Indian American and human rights organisations on Thursday said that the Bhima Koregaon violence case was a clear evidence of “deteriorating democracy” in India. The briefing took place on Thursday after a new report from a United States-based digital forensics firm revealed that a hacker planted 22 additional incriminating documents in activist Rona Wilson’s laptop.
Bishop Joseph spent his life advocating for peace and justice for Sri Lanka’s Tamils.
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April 23, 2021
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On April 1, Catholic Bishop and human rights activist Reverend Rayappu Joseph passed away at the age of 80. Four days later, he was laid to rest at the St. Sebastian Cathedral in the Tamil-dominated northern region of Mannar in Sri Lanka, his funeral attended by a large number of people with many religious and political affiliations. Who was he and why is he highly revered among Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the diaspora?
Born on April 16, 1940 on Delft Island (Neduntheevu) in northern Sri Lanka, he served in the Diocese of Mannar from 1992-2016 and as the vice president of the Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop Conference.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / FILE PHOTO)
“Ang presidente po hindi personally mag-a-attend (The President will not personally attend) but I’m sure that our Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be there,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in his virtual presser Thursday, April 22.
“The President, through Secretary (Teodoro) Locsin, will convey the Philippines’ commitment to ASEAN’s collective efforts in addressing threats and challenges to peace and stability in the region,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
In a statement, DFA said Duterte has designated Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. as his Special Envoy to the summit that will be held on April 24.
Earth Day Issue: Big Oil’s climate cop-out
How Canada s fossil fuel giants are buying influence with police departments to do their dirty work in pipeline fights on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border By Priyanka Vittal and Jesse Firempong
Apr 22, 2021
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For sci-fi writers, worldbuilding often means dreaming up the vivid and terrifying settings where dystopian stories unfold. In 2021 amid a global pandemic, however, dystopia is a matter of perspective.
As the coronavirus drives this year’s Earth Day events indoors, the chilling effects of climate change have never been clearer.
Black, brown and Indigenous peoples among us were already confronting nightmarish realities before COVID-19: acts of environmental racism and violence to protect a dying oil and gas industry’s profits.