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Media coverage of Brunei 'misses the point', says Malaysian LGBTI activist

Media coverage of Brunei 'misses the point', says Malaysian LGBTI activist - Selective liberal outrage' is missing the point on the coverage of Brunei's implementation of Sharia law, says a prominent Malaysian LGBTI rights ...

Spanish church defends bishop accused of providing conversion therapy

Spanish church defends bishop accused of providing conversion therapy - That is when Juan Antonio Reig Pla, an anti- LGBTI bishop, took over the diocese. However, a statement on the diocese of Alcala de Henares website ...

NZ West Papua support group urges action on Papua crisis

NZ West Papua support group urges action on Papua crisis - It comes after human rights advocates in Papua last week said more than 32,000 people had been displaced by armed conflict in Nduga regency.

Settler Colonialism Lurked Beneath the Christchurch Massacre

Settler Colonialism Lurked Beneath the Christchurch Massacre - The assault was part of a war launched to dispossess the Māori of their land, a process that has continued by less overtly bellicose means such as ...

Turia speaks out against End of Life Choice Bill

Turia speaks out against End of Life Choice Bill - Former Minister for Disability Issues, Associate Minister for Health, and founder and the founder and former leader of the Māori Party, Dame Tariana ...

Māori still more likely to die of cardiac arrest – report

Māori still more likely to die of cardiac arrest – report - A St John's report into cardiac arrest outside of hospitals shows Māori continue to have the highest rates of cardiac arrest and the lowest survival rates.

More rights for Maori under new planning rules

More rights for Maori under new planning rules - Ministry for the Environment explanatory notes, which Parker's office referred POLITIK to say: “The planning standards include a Māori purpose zone ...

Time for some sympathy for smokers

Time for some sympathy for smokers - Fully 36 percent of Māori women and 29 percent of Māori men are counted as daily smokers. Once again, Māori are disproportionately represented in ...

All the countries ignored in the Brunei backlash

All the countries ignored in the Brunei backlash -  Brunei will start stoning gay people to death. ... Australia's nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, where same-sex acts ...

Right wing politician threatens LGBTI photography exhibition in Bulgaria

Right wing politician threatens  LGBTI  photography exhibition in Bulgaria - A right wing MP has threatened an  LGBTI  photography exhibition meant to take place in Plovdiv, the 2019 European Capital of Culture co-host.

More businesses cut ties with Brunei over gay-sex death penalty

More businesses cut ties with Brunei over  gay -sex death penalty - Virgin  Australia  Airlines, the second-biggest airline  in Australia  after Qantas, ended an agreement that offered discounted tickets on Royal Brunei ...

Openly Gay Imam Tells Maajid Nawaz: People Can Not Be Defined By Just Two Qualities

Openly  Gay  Imam Tells Maajid Nawaz: People Can Not Be Defined By Just Two Qualities - An openly  gay  Imam tells Maajid Nawaz that people can not be defined by just two qualities, after Brunei moved to allow the stoning to death of  gay  ...

Brunei hotels delete social media accounts after anti-gay backlash

Brunei hotels delete social media accounts after anti- gay  backlash - Nine Brunei-owned luxury hotels have deleted their social media accounts after a backlash over the country's new anti- gay  laws. Any Muslim found ...

Sultan of Brunei's shock ties to Australia

Sultan of Brunei's shock ties to  Australia - Slammed for introducing the death penalty for  homosexuals  and adulterers, the multi-billionaire Sultan of Brunei's harsh new criminal code may see ...

From Virgin Australia to Deutsche Bank – companies begin boycotting Brunei

From Virgin  Australia  to Deutsche Bank – companies begin boycotting Brunei - From Virgin  Australia  to Deutsche Bank – companies begin boycotting ... the Sultanate's introduction of the death penalty for  gay  sex and adultery.
LGBTI Aboriginal suicide is the issue people are finally paying attention to - Satour is an Aboriginal  gay  man Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara from Central  Australia  and Townsville in northern  Australia . He is a veteran ...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

First Nations people not a priority in federal budget

First Nations people not a priority in federal budget - The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister has all but admitted today there is no major item in the Federal budget for First Nations people. Indigenous  ...

Call for independent Māori children's commissioner over 'shocking' rates of abuse in state care

Call for independent Māori children's commissioner over 'shocking' rates of abuse in state care - Tukaki, who has spent much time working in Australia , said he saw similarities to the "stolen generation" of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander children ...