Author: Jmedia Manager
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Bendigo McDonalds: Swastika spotted in Macca’s carpark, part of Nazi rise in Victoria
Racist bumper stickers and Nazi slogans splashed across Victoria’s roads are a sign white nationalists are on an active recruitment campaign, anti-discrimination advocates warn. A trailer, covered in Nazi and white supremacist stickers, has been spotted being towed on the Tullamarine Freeway. The Melburnian who captured a photo of the trailer in Brunswick at 12.40pm,…
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Israeli minister to be prosecuted over alleged interference in Malka Leifer extradition
A former Israeli Health Minister is set to be prosecuted for interfering in the Malka Leifer case by attempting to prevent her extradition to Australia. Ms Leifer, 54, fronted the Melbourne Magistrates Court earlier this month and is facing 74 charges of child sex abuse, including multiple counts of rape, indecent assault and sexual penetration of a…
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Swastika spotted in McDonald’s drive-through reignites calls for a ban
A small red swastika on the back window of a dusty Nissan Patrol has reignited a long-running campaign to ban the Nazi symbol in Victoria. Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said the picture of the controversial symbol was taken by a distressed man at a McDonald’s drive-through in the Bendigo suburb of California Gully on…
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Let’s put human rights before money and trade
Let’s put human rights before money and trade Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School accuse the Chinese government of committing crimes against humanity in its systematic persecution and incarceration of 1million Uighurs in Xinjiang (The Age, 20/4). How long can our government treat this as a side issue in its pursuit of trade and financial…
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‘An eye for an eye’: Missile strikes near Israeli nuclear reactor, prompting retaliation
Jerusalem: A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defence systems in neighbouring Syria. The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and Syria in years, pointed…
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No, The COVID Vaccine Won’t ‘Give You Herpes’ But There Is A Rare Herpes-Related Side Effect
A new potential side effect of the vaccine has emerged a small group of people in Israel this month: so-called herpes outbreaks. But it’s not what you think it is, despite some of the headlines. Six people developed herpes zoster after getting the Pfizer jab. Though it shares the same name, it’s not the herpes. It’s herpes…
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Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators
A religious freedom watchdog is urging the State Department to name four additional countries to its list of the worst religious liberty offenders. In its 2021 annual report, released on Wednesday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said India, Russia, Syria and Vietnam should be considered “countries of particular concern.” Those nations have been found…
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Queensland to hold inquiry into race hate and online vilification
Queenslanders will be asked to speak up about horrific experiences of hate crimes and vilification as part of an inquiry launched to investigate if the state’s laws are strong enough. Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said Queenslanders would be given the opportunity to have their say. “(The committee will) consider the impacts of serious vilification and hate…
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Iran Sees Progress On Reviving Deal But US, EU Says Work Needed
The United States and European Union said Tuesday that more work was needed to revive a 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, although Tehran reported progress after the latest diplomacy. The talks aimed at returning the United States under President Joe Biden to the 2015 deal took their second break, with US envoy Rob Malley…
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Iran: 60 per cent enrichment reversible
Iran began enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the US lifts sanctions, the Iranian government says. Talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back to full compliance with…