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  1. Australian woman dies after falling from popular beach cliff on Nusa Penida island near Bali

    An Australian woman has died after falling from a cliff at a popular tourist beach on Nusa Penida…
    #Australia #AU #Australian #Austrlia #Bali #briannacronin #dies #indonesia #kelingkingbeach #nusapenida #tourist #woman
    europesays.com/australia/94735/

  2. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  3. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  4. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  5. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  6. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  7. Saturday, July 19, 2025

    A US general just threatened Russia’s Kaliningrad & this is why that’s so significant — Ukrainian hackers wipe databases at Russia’s Gazprom in major cyberattack — Ukrainian forces ‘steadfastly’ holding defenses near Pokrovsk — Ukrainian artist’s Sculpture series normalizes injured bodies of Ukraine’s soldiers … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  8. [12:51] 'Bali Nine' drug ring prisoners fly home to Australia

    The five remaining members of the Australian "Bali Nine" drug ring have flown home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia, ending a saga that frayed relations between the two countries.

    rte.ie/news/world/2024/1215/14

    #five #Australian #19years #Indonesia #two

  9. Protecting #Activists from #AbusiveLitigation

    #SLAPPs in the #GlobalSouth and How to Respond

    PUBLISHED: JULY 2020

    "In #Thailand, an agricultural company files more than a dozen suits against at least 20 #defendants, targeting #workers, #journalists, and #activists who had spoken out against alleged #LaborAbuses at the company’s chicken farm. In #India, an association of #pesticide manufacturers brings a civil defamation suit against #journalists that had reported on the harmful #health and #environmental effects of pesticide use. In the #Philippines, a #mining company files suit against 85 defendants who had conducted a #PeacefulProtest near the company’s mining site, after the company’s own security forces used #lethal violence against the #protesters. In #SouthAfrica, an #Australian mining company files suit against environmental activists who had criticized a company mine during a lecture at a local university.

    What do these suits have in common? They are all “#SLAPPs,” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”: suits filed not to secure relief, but to use the risks and costs of litigation to defuse criticism and opposition and discourage the exercise of fundamental freedoms. SLAPPs have long been prevalent in the #Globa North, but SLAPPs are also being used in the Global South to silence activism.

    "In Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation: SLAPPs in the Global South and How to Respond, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first rigorous comparative analysis of anti-SLAPP policy responses undertaken in the Global North and the Global South. Our survey shows that SLAPPs pose a serious threat to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the Global South, particularly for activists, civil society organizations, journalists, and community members who dare to criticize powerful entities.

    "Our survey, which is far from comprehensive, has identified 82 reported SLAPPs filed in Thailand, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – the most fertile fields for Southern SLAPPs – as well as #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Armenia, #SierraLeone, and #Honduras. Key features of SLAPPs in our sample include:

    - Half of the cases in our sample (41 cases) involved criminal proceedings.
    - The most frequent SLAPP targets in our sample were activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) (38 cases, or 46%); journalists and publishers (17 cases, or 21%); and leaders and members of local communities (15 cases, or 18%).
    - Nearly all of the cases in our sample – 75 cases, or 91% – were brought by private companies or company officials, with 34 of these cases (41%) brought by mining companies and 28 cases (34%) brought by companies associated with agricultural operations.

    "Where the cause of action or charge was reported, the suit was based at least in part on a defamation charge, either civil or criminal, in 66 of 75 cases (88%).

    "Of the 33 suits in our sample brought as civil actions, claims in 17 cases (52%) exceeded 1 million USD, with the average claim exceeding 10 million USD."

    Full article:

    icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in

    #HumanRights #Whistleblowing #DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas