A pregnant Aboriginal woman was arrested and locked up because she was too sick to attend a court hearing where she was set to give evidence against her former partner.
Kearah Ronan, the 2017 Miss NAIDOC winner, has revealed how she was left crying and humiliated when she was forced to spend a night in Perth Watch House after she was arrested for “failing to obey a witness summons” even though she had informed the court she was unwell.
The 26-year-old, who is six months pregnant, also had to strip naked in front of two female police officers after her arrest. Ms Ronan is the maternal cousin of Ms Dhu, a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman who died in police custody in 2014 from domestic violence injuries after she was arrested for unpaid fines.
urce: How did it come to this? Kearah Ronan was locked up for being sick | The West Australian
Category: Violence
Vonny LeClerc: Protections for women online are woefully inadequate
What is clear to me is that the police want to do the right thing regarding cyber crime, but are in no way able to follow through adequately. What’s also clear is that protection mechanisms on social media platforms are woefully unfit for purpose. There is no means of providing context that would allow the platform to understand the contours of a particular situation. All I have available to me is a standardised reporting form, which only allows me to choose from a range of options. There is no mechanism that allows you to report a sustained campaign of sophisticated harassment to Instagram. Because of this, it makes the police’s job even more difficult as the onus is on them to establish a pattern. This is a reporting system so full of holes, it’s practically a net.
Source: Vonny LeClerc: Protections for women online are woefully inadequate | The National
Queensland Government complains to Press Council over Palaszczuk ‘crosshairs’ image
An image of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on the Sunshine Coast Daily front page prompts a complaint to the Australian Press Council.
“Retired activist” Puts Case Against Amnesty International to WILPF for Human Rights Week
Australian feminist, environmental activist and whistleblower Isla MacGregor gave a compelling case against Amnesty International’s “Sex Work policy” at the Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom (WILPF) forum in Hobart.
(ed: this is from 2015 but still relevant now)
Source: “Retired activist” Puts Case Against Amnesty International to WILPF for Human Rights Week | eachone
‘I lost consciousness’: woman whipped by the Taliban over burqa without veil
Aziza’s story reflects the growing number of violent public assaults on women deemed to be in breach of sharia law in Afghanistan
Nusrat Rafi burned to death for reporting sexual abuse
A schoolgirl was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her headteacher after she reported him for sexually harassing her, police said on Friday.
The death of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi last week sparked protests across the south Asian nation, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promising to prosecute all those involved.
Rafi was lured to the rooftop of the religious school she attended where her attackers asked her to withdraw the sexual harassment complaint she had filed with police.
When she refused, she was doused in kerosene and set on fire. On April 10, she died from the burns, which covered 80 percent of her body.
Source: Nusrat Rafi burned to death for reporting sexual abuse: Police | News | Al Jazeera
Man angry about virginity pleads guilty to threatening women
A man has pleaded guilty to a felony terroristic threat charge after authorities said he threating to target women in a mass shooting because he couldn’t get a girlfriend.
Police said Cleary wrote on Facebook he was planning to become a mass shooter because he was still a virgin and wanted to kill as many women as possible.
He was arrested during a trip to Provo, Utah, on January 19, the same day women’s marches were held around the country. Colorado authorities have said he was on probation after stalking and threatening women there.
Source: Man angry about virginity pleads guilty to threatening women
US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband’s abuse was just like captors’
Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnapping
PM ‘appalled’, unmoved on One Nation preferences after pro-gun footage
The Prime Minister said he was “appalled” by revelations that Pauline Hanson’s key lieutenants were caught on tape with pro-gun lobbyists in the US seeking to secure millions of dollars in donations.
The documentary shows footage from a meeting in Washington DC with the powerful National Rifle Association, where Mr Dickson discusses his hopes to change Australia’s gun laws.
“We get the balance of power, very simply that means that we have the testicles of the government in our hand at every given stage,” he said.
Source: PM ‘appalled’, unmoved on One Nation preferences after pro-gun footage
Christchurch attacks: New Zealand brings in sweeping gun-law changes
Bans on assault rifles and military-style semi-automatics introduced as well as a buyback scheme
Source: Christchurch attacks: New Zealand brings in sweeping gun-law changes | World news | The Guardian