Leaving Naru and entering the International Criminal Court
Speaking of Social Justice by Justice and Peace Office (JPO)
Episode notes
Our host Julie Macken is back to discuss two major topics that are currently circulating global media; the last asylum seeker to leave Naru and Australia facing the International Criminal Court for its war crimes. Firstly, our attention is drawn to Naru, home of some of Australia’s most horrific acts of humiliation, degradation and neglect. Despite the need for a Royal Commission into Australia's detention practices and policies now moreso apparent, the world may never know the untold trauma and truth behind those doors. Julie directs us closer to the promise of permanent protection of thousands of asylum seekers, yet, for all of those who were abused on the island and are now forced to live with the trauma, the hope for justice dwindled and may never be achieved. In similar reports, Julie recounts how Australia has been referred to the Internationa ...
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