Amnesty International Australia condemns the shocking, targeted attack carried out on the evening of Sunday 14 December against members of the Jewish community during a festival celebration marking the first day of Hanukkah in Bondi. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of people who were killed, to all who were injured, and to the Jewish community in Australia who are grieving in the wake of this devastating act of violence. We unequivocally condemn this (…)

- Racism (Australia) / Bondi, Antisemitism (eng), Human Rights & Freedoms

At the time of the US escalation in Vietnam, Indonesia was the scene of one of the worst bloodbaths in modern history, committed under the auspices of Washington and London. Sixty years later, the archipelago is at the heart of youth revolts against the privileges of the oligarchy and corruption, in defence of a democracy dearly won back since 1998. A democracy that the current president Prabowo Subianto openly repudiates by making General Suharto, the perpetrator of the aforementioned (…)

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There has been an outpouring of solidarity and condemnation by community organisations and political parties about the killing of 15 people in Bondi at a Chanukah by the Sea event on December 14. Some, such as Amnesty International, are warning against governments exploiting the tragedy to enact new anti-protest, anti-freedom-of-expression laws. The Jewish Council of Australia said: “We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening … (…)

- Racism (Australia) / Bondi, Antisemitism (eng)