SBS News has obtained 161 pages of documents detailing the vast amount of medication prescribed inside the offshore detention centre on Nauru.
Read the full story – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/exclusive-nauru-s-prescription-drug-records-reveal-mental-health-crisis
Speaking for the first time since missing their flight home in October, six Afghan men who live with disabilities after being wounded in the war say they are owed protection in Australia.
Read the full story – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/we-sacrificed-for-australia-afghan-invictus-games-athletes-asylum-bid
Growing up in Malaysia’s Catholic community, Benjamin Oh would go to church with his family most nights of the week. But visits became more difficult after he came out as gay when he was in his teens.
While the homophobia he experienced in the Christian community never shook his faith, at times it did make him feel uncomfortable and unsafe going to church, both in Malaysia and in Australia, where he moved to study.
Read the full article here – http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/28/time-different-voice-christian-group-tackle-homophobia-within-church
And listen to the story here – http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/28/one-church-apology-treatment-gays
Cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque (Zunar) poses, mocking his sedition charges
Last week police swooped on the offices of a Malaysian news website The Malaysian Insider, seizing mobile phones, computers and arresting three editors over an inaccurate news report.
The following day The Malaysian Insider CEO and the chief editor of its parent publication were also arrested. Police have said all five will be charged under the colonial-era Sedition Act, which carries up to three years’ imprisonment.
The arrests come amid a broad and unprecedented crackdown on Malaysia’s opposition movement. More than 150 activists, opposition politicians and lawyers have been arrested this year alone either under the Sedition or thePeaceful Assembly Act, which imposes strict regulations on public protesting.
Full article – http://www.crikey.com.au/2015/04/09/malaysias-war-on-independent-media-escalates-with-five-arrested-for-sedition/
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