ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Do they teach this at the NSW Police Academy? Brutality 101, am I right? #HerzogProtest #auspol

This is an extremely dark moment for Australian democracy. Protest blanket banned in Australia’s most iconic city & police assaulting protesters with impunity. Aussies pride themselves on ballot box participation but voting is only one part of a democracy and in Australia the other parts are failing

Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

As with all things Starmer-Government related, their response to Trump’s aggressive threats has been nothing short of pathetic. Europe is waking up and other world leaders like Macron and Carney show how supine the current UK Government really is.

This is our colonial legacy. The links we have built around the world. English-speaking people all over the world that know us. Like it or not, that is a rational & reasonable reason for why some people believe their best option to rebuild a life from scratch is the UK. #r4today

Asylum seeker interviewed on #r4today explains in excellent English that he has grown up his entire life believing that the UK is a safe place that respects & protects people. He's even an Arsenal fan. He knows our culture. Not French culture, Greek, or Bulgarian culture. Ours.

The Aus Gvt's new "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bills" are staggering in their scope. They will change the nature of Australian society for better (gun control) and worse (executive powers to cancel visas) but what is remarkable is how rushed and entirely under-scrutinised they are.

“Leave Greenland alone!” Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)

The American-led world order established harmony among the great powers within it, and left those outside it relatively isolated and insecure, Robert Kagan argues—and all of that is now ending. theatln.tc/BSP4k9xD

“Saving lives is not a crime.” After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR

Torture. Ill-treatment. A breach on international obligations. It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum. Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA

This U-turn proves beyond all doubt that Labour announced their digital ID card scheme without a clue on how they would go about implementing it. Now is surely the moment for ministers to drop the proposals entirely and use the funds for something more useful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎉 HUGE WIN: the Government has dropped plans for mandatory digital ID. We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer has reportedly scrapped plans for a compulsory digital identity scheme for workers following opposition to the idea from across the political divide www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Minneapolis, Minnesota is under Trump regime occupation; at least 3,000 regime forces are terrorizing the city, raiding homes door to door without warrants, and grabbing people and children off the street based on their skin colour. No sign of the Minnesota National Guard.

Wonderful writing as always by the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renee Good, a citizen & mother was shot 3 times in the head, on camera, by a masked gang. She is smeared by Trump & MAGA lunatics. May she rest in peace & her family find comfort. Frankly the only surprise is it took this long. Farage wants “ICE style raids” in the UK. #r4today

Poverty is not accidental - it's enforced by policy. Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty. This is a systemic failure and it must change. Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw

Is the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme facilitating modern slavery? @mhharrington.bsky.social speaks to experts, community leaders & ni-Vanuatu former PALM workers in the first episode of this four-part mini-series on the guestworker scheme. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4sr1vbV

ICYMI: This week we marked Human Rights Day. Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story. It’s time to course-correct. Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw

The “Edward Crabtree” hoax wasn’t just a lie. It was a test case of how quickly AI swallows its own tail during a crisis, writes Cam Wilson.

On this #HumanRightsDay, some thoughts on Australia's historic human rights legacy and where more can be done to protect the rights of people seeking asylum for the @ascsyd.bsky.social blog. asylumseekerscentre.org.au/human-rights...

Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret. It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.

"'Immediate pause' urged on 'secret' Nauru deal, after speech sparks safety concerns" www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Sudan’s suffering cannot remain unseen. In her article for Pearls & Irritations, Abang Anade Othow reflects on a lifetime shaped by war, displacement, and resilience. Read the full piece and stand with Sudan. https://loom.ly/eNsen1M

In a system designed to crush people seeking asylum with cruelty, the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney pushes back with humanity and compassion. Join us in rebuilding lives. 🔗 https://loom.ly/vy5fYVc

Imagine the levels of delusion needed to believe you are on the side of the good guys when you supported an administration into power who use undercover agents of the state to kidnap families on the street and deport them to human rights abuses in 3rd countries. #ReclaimLoTR

Not content with tarnishing the UK’s standing on the international stage with Brexit, right wing vultures continue to circle the UK, desperate to rip up international law and smash up institutions like the BBC. Destruction is the order of the day and the political class still dance to their tune.

🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru. During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern. Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture. www.smh.com.au/national/pou...

A high-ranking Home Affairs Dept official has blown whistle on what he says was corruption infecting the federal gov’s offshore detention regime, alleging was pressured to cover up suspected rorting so Australia could keep using Nauru as border security outpost. www.theage.com.au/national/pou...

The use of Nauru as a Pacific dumping ground for people seeking asylum is not just a story of human rights abuses but scandal layered over scandal, as two brave whistle-blowers have told @60minutes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...

Slashing foreign aid will lead to unrest, crises and threaten UK security, MPs warn government

We’re here in Canberra for two days to call for a safety net for people seeking asylum. It’s time for fairness 📣 ⚖️

This Anti-Poverty Week, we can’t ignore the quiet crisis happening in our own communities. Our new report, Failure of Fairness, reveals the human cost of the winding back of the limited safety net for people seeking asylum over the past decade. Read the full report: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw

It shouldn’t shock me but I keep wondering how some of these British right wing commentators can sleep at night as they whitewash and act as apologists for the Israeli Government’s war crimes from the last 2 years.

Right now, people seeking asylum are being left behind, cut off from the basic support they need to survive. This Anti-Poverty Week, let's put fairness into action and restore the safety net. 📢 Visit our campaign page and join the movement: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/fix-the-safety-net/

Writing in the Scotsman this evening on Keir Starmer’s newly confirmed mandatory digital ID card scheme - and why I do not intend to go along with it. Thread: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Thank you for standing up for civil liberties and trying to ensure people are not digitally excluded @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @victoria-collins.bsky.social

Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.

I spoke this week at an event held by @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social on their latest report on digital ID. Keir Starmer's government is reportedly aiming to introduce such a system - Big Brother Watch's report sets out the serious problems with digital ID for the UK, something liberals must resist.

Great thread from @markjohnson.bsky.social here. 👇🏻 There are huge risks to civil liberties with mandatory digital ID systems, and it would be irresponsible to build one when the threat of a Reform government is so real. The @libdems.org.uk need to be firmly opposed if this is what Labour propose.

🧵🔶 (Cross posted from X) I joined @libdems.org.uk 10 years ago. I’ve worked for the party, campaigned for it and stood as a candidate. Turning on civil liberties and losing sight of the principles of promoting a free and open society would undermine the entire purpose of the Lib Dems for me.

The arrest of four people after this incident is an outrageous affront to the freedom of expression enjoyed by UK citizens. It is a human right we all enjoy and is protected in law. 1/2

NSW police have dropped all charges against Hannah Thomas, who was arrested and charged at a pro-Palestine protest in June www.theguardian.com/austral... The former Greens candidate underwent two rounds of surgery to her right eye, with her lawyers alleging she was punched in the face by police

"Reform UK is not just riding high thanks to Farage’s shamelessness and skill. Amazingly, Labour is actively helping." - great analysis from @johnharris1969.bsky.social as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

3 years ago today I caught up with David McBride in Parliament to discuss his case - he still thought the system might be fair. Today he is still in prison in Canberra and whistleblower laws are still broken. A stain on this country.

The Albanese government's Anti-Fairness Bill, which will pave the way for mass deportations, has passed the Senate. We are devastated and in disbelief. https://loom.ly/2v-GSD8

Thank you again @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for representing the serious concerns of the community.