military interventions

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad scorned foreign intervention in the nation’s civil war. Consequences would be “more than the whole world can afford” said Assad.

Military intervention in Libya has begun with French fighter jets bombing Gadhafi’s tanks and armored military vehicles.

Just one year after the federal government’s apology to Indigenous Australians, it is again under attack for abusing their basic rights. Aboriginal people from Alice Springs have appealed to the United Nations, claiming that the Northern Territory Intervention violates international human rights law.