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		<title>Nael Barghouti: Courageous words from an unbreakable spirit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Powell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The words of Nael Barghouti, a Palestinian leader imprisoned for decades, reveal resilience, resistance and the human cost of occupation.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. David Robie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and researcher Antony Loewenstein published an extraordinarily timely book, The Palestine Laboratory.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. David Robie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège for human rights leader Filep Karma as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activists give Indonesian leader details of Papuan deaths, political prisoners</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. David Robie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“At the beginning of his first term in 2015, President Jokowi released five West Papuan political prisoners ... a new hope for West Papua. But now, at the beginning of his second term, there are 57 people awaiting trial for treason, facing life imprisonment. This route will only fuel further conflict,” says human rights lawyer Veronica Koman.]]></description>
		
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