Navi Pillay, a South African jurist who headed the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which found Israel had committed genocide, won this year’s Sydney Peace Prize. Consortium News was there.
John Kiriakou and Australian Senator David Shoebridge join CN Live! to discuss an Australian pilot’s fight against extradition to the U.S. as the U.S. maneuvers Australia to see China as the enemy. Cathy Vogan reports.
The National Press Club of Australia in Canberra canceled an engagement with journalist Chris Hedges after it was announced on its website. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney.
Greta Thunberg reveals her mistreatment and Flotilla members , kidnapped on the high seas by Israel as 40 boats carrying aid attempted to break the blockade, spoke at a rally in Sydney, Australia. CN was there.
After its failed attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the U.S. is trying to extradite another Australian on the grounds that he trained Chinese pilots.
Judge Stephen McDonald told the court in the course of a six-minute hearing Thursday that the contention the Zionist Federation of Australia had no case against journalist Mary Kostakidis had to be determined at trial, reports Joe Lauria.
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled Chris Hedges’ talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel, writes Chris Hedges.
At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal, reports Peter Cronau.