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Awards the annual Sydney Peace Prize, Australia's international prize for peace, promoting global justice, human rights and nonviolence.

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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join us as we award the 2026 Sydney Peace Prize to Jennifer Robinson, one of Australia's leading human rights lawyers. 📅 Thursday, 12 November 📍 Sydney Town Hall ⏰ 6.30pm - 8pm events.humanitix.com/2026-sydney-...
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nominations are open for the 2027 Sydney Peace Prize! Whether they’re an activist, a scientist, a lawyer or an artist- we welcome nominations from across the world of anyone who champions peace and justice. Make a nomination at form.jotform.com/262218470686... Submissions close November 23.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We are proud to support @aushumanrightsact.bsky.social in their campaign for an Australian Human Rights Act, led by @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social. Sign the petition at humanrightsact.org.au.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social "Bipartisan suits went on an AUKUS junket to sell out Australian sovereignty"
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Bipartisan suits went on an AUKUS junket to sell out Australian sovereignty  - The Shot
Fresh after the Labor National Conference, Federal Labor Senator Raff Ciccone takes a smiling picture in Washington, proud to announce...
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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
‘Australia’s no-holds-barred bipartisan embrace of AUKUS is likely to be one of the worst defence and foreign policy decisions our country has made,’ writes former Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/defe...
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The case against AUKUS
As this week’s ALP National Conference will confirm, the Albanese government remains strongly wedded to the AUKUS nuclear-propelled submarine project. But the project was misconceived from the outset ...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/07/2026
Our co-CEO Leanne Minshull is at the AUKUS public inquiry today, where former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne relayed his thoughts on the relationship between Australia and the US in the time of Trump. Follow the inquiry here ⤵️ aukuspublicinquiry.com #auspol
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Care about fighting for a more peaceful and just world? Support us: sydney-peace-2025.raiselysite.com
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/06/2026
Former environment minister Peter Garrett will lead a public inquiry into the Australian Government’s $368 billion AUKUS defence pact, amid growing concerns over the lack of scrutiny surrounding the nation’s most expensive defence project. #auspol @petergarrett.com.au
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is well worth supporting - A Public Inquiry into AUKUS For #Peace for #justice for #transparency for #accountability @australiainstitute.org.au @peaceandjustice.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1730...
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Public Inquiry into AUKUS
$368 Billion. Zero Transparency. Australia Deserves the Truth.
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Tracey Spicer AM @traceyspicer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is an excellent decision. Jennifer is an outstanding advocate and change-maker. As a proud Sydney Peace Prize Laureate (2019) it’s wonderful looking at the list of human rights champions who’ve been celebrated over the years. Gives me hope for the future.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Excited that human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has accepted the nomination for the 2026 Sydney #Peace Prize, in recognition of her outstanding global contribution to human rights, #justice, and the protection of fundamental freedoms.
Human Rights Champion accepting Sydney Peace Prize
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We're attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: No Nuclaer Weapons in Australia Webinar. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/webin...
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No Nuclear Weapons in Australia Webinar
As plans advance for Australia to host US nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and potentially nuclear-armed submarines, there are increasing concerns about the potential for Australia to unknowingly host Ame...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/04/2026
Something tells me News Corp isn't going to run a multi-year targeting campaign against the people who organised and did this. Imagine if this was done by a pro-Palestine or anti-war protestor, and what the reaction would look like, compared to this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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Booing at Melbourne, Sydney and Perth Anzac Day services draws widespread condemnation
Indigenous elders face racist booing from crowd members at dawn services in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, with one man arrested and charged over his alleged involvement and others issued with move-on o...
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Excited to announce that Dr Bob Brown will receive the Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal for holding the powerful to account in defence of our natural world Join us 24 July events.humanitix.com/gold-medal-f...
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Gold Medal for Human Rights
Join us for the Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal Award Ceremony to honour Dr Bob Brown for his unwavering commitment to environmental and social justice.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New from @EmpirePodUK: We have been here before- 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thank you for your support Miriam Margolyes and for continuing to fight for liberation for all!!
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/no... @getup.org.au @nuclearban.bsky.social
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No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is at least the 12th Al-Jazeera journalist assassinated by Israel
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Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza
Israeli drone strike kills Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, west of Gaza City.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Another brilliant piece from our founder, Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees "The language used by Trump and Netanyahu turns violence into virtue, framing war as moral, necessary and inevitable while masking its human cost" @johnmenadue.com johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...
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The language of war is built on lies
The language used by Trump and Netanyahu turns violence into virtue, framing war as moral, necessary and inevitable while masking its human cost.
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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
No matter how outrageous the crimes committed by the US and Israel, Albanese, Wong and Marles robotically mouth platitudes about our 'joint commitment to the rules-based international order'. And they wonder why the public looks beyond the political duopoly? www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...
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Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
Over 100 international law experts sign letter on Iran War, UN Charter, and international humanitarian law.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Our Easter and Passover message. #internationallaw #impunity #solidarity
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
From our founder, Prof Stuart Rees In Australia’s federal parliament, a narrow political consensus – marked by conformity, cruelty and evasion – is weakening democratic debate and eroding the principles of human rights and international law. @johnmenadue.com johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
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Australia’s politics of consensus is stifling dissent and compassion
Governments sustain power by repeating stories about themselves. In Australia’s federal parliament, a narrow political consensus – marked by conformity, cruelty and evasion – is weakening democratic d...
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This incredible panel with @franceskalbs.bsky.social Chris Sidoti, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour went ahead despite Adelaide University closing the door to these experts. The recording is in this link #Peace #Justice johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
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Settler colonialism: what it can tell you about the Israel/Palestine conflict
In spite of a last minute venue cancellation by Adelaide University, a sold-out Adelaide crowd heard from Chris Sidoti, Francesca Albanese, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour on lessons and links for Aust...
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Ilhan Omar: “As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stability— Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions & push the region further into chaos — every time we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference. PHOTO: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 08/03/2026
“On #InternationalWomensDay, my thoughts are with the many Palestine Refugee women and girls I have met across UNRWA’s operations. “ Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📚 Essentiel read “International law cannot be invoked à la carte, nor enforced with expedient selectivity.” From HE Fatou Bensouda and Sam Sasan Shoamanesh www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Why international law is still the world’s best defence
Should we permit the foundations of international law to erode, the world would slip once more into anarchy and chaos.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 14/01/2026
If Israel passes this horrific death penalty law, it is yet another reason for Canberra to end its timidity and impose sanctions on this rogue state. #auspol #Israel #Palestinian #Death penalty
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Best of 2025 - OFFICIAL – Israel’s proposed death-penalty law is a war crime
Not satisfied it seems with the continued genocide of Palestinians, Israel is now looking to execute Palestinian prisoners by introducing a death penalty law.
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 14/01/2026
*Corporate*: In the #Gaza Strip, displaced families are struggling to access safe water. In overcrowded shelters, many rely entirely on water trucking by UNRWA. They ration every drop for drinking, cooking and basic hygiene. Access to water remains critical for survival.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“This video is for the world outside, nothing is over until people are safe..."
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"Malinauskas' Adelaide Festival mess reveals a political class disconnected from the people" @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
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Malinauskas' Adelaide Festival mess reveals a political class disconnected from the people – Amy Remeikis
From Adelaide to Bondi, the political-media class are deciding the "correct" view – and targeting those who dare to dissent
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 04/12/2025
In this episode of HEDx, Western Sydney University Vice-Chancellor Professor George Williams discusses his new Vantage Point essay, 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia’s future'. 📖 Buy the essay: australiainstitute.org.au/store/aiming... 🎧 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/12/2025
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world... yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care... so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss ✍️ Sign our petition urging our parliament to launch an inquiry into AUKUS: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 30/11/2025
People in #Gaza need an unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid. While UNRWA is ready to deliver shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people, the Israeli Authorities continue to block the Agency from bringing aid in. The scale of UNRWA's work in Gaza must be restored to its fullest capacity.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
On International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we pay tribute to Judge Navi Pillay for her tireless work in gender equality Please listen to this interview with our 2025 Laureate #SydneyPeacePrize womensagenda.com.au/podcast/how-...
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How an International Court judge thinks about hope
Justice Navi Pillay on The Women's Agenda Podcast.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Another great piece on our 2025 #SydneyPeacePrize laureate Navi Pillay #Palestine #apartheid #Justice apple.news/ANmUEZEeaRfy...
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South Africa-born legal expert: Israel apartheid worse — AAP - Australian Associated Press
A trail-blazing international judge awarded the Sydney Peace Prize has savaged Israel for its war crimes in Gaza constituting genocide.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975. So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition So many more minor party and independent MPs And each MP now has so many more constituents… Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts
50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Another great piece on our 2025 #SydneyPeacePrize laureate Navi Pillay #Palestine #apartheid #Justice apple.news/ANmUEZEeaRfy...
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South Africa-born legal expert: Israel apartheid worse — AAP - Australian Associated Press
A trail-blazing international judge awarded the Sydney Peace Prize has savaged Israel for its war crimes in Gaza constituting genocide.
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
On Thursday Judge Navi Pillay received the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize for a lifetime’s work for #peace with #justice www.sbs.com.au/news/video/f...
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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay awarded Sydney Peace Prize
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has been awarded this year's Sydney Peace Prize for what the jury described as a lifetime's work devoted to human rights, peace, justice and ...
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World Citizens Australia @worldcitizensaus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
✊ 3 days to go 💵 Free and online (Zoom) 🕰️ 20 October (Monday), 8:30 PM (Sydney Australia time) 🤓 Register today and learn more via www.wcaa.org.au/events #worldpeace #worlddemocracy #peace #democracy @democracywithoutborders.org @sydneypeace.bsky.social @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
For those in Canberra, the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate Judge Navi Pillay will give the National Press Club address on 4 November npc.org.au/events/judge...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/10/2025
"You’re not really holding out hope that environment laws passed with the blessing of Matt Canavan are going to really fix the problems." "If Matt Canavan thinks they're good laws, I reckon the koalas should be nervous." @ebonybennett.bsky.social @leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
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Nour Haydar @nourhaydar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Looking forward to hosting the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture next month. Jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will be in Sydney to accept the award this year. 👇🏽
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thrilled that @nourhaydar.bsky.social will hosted the Sydney Peace Prize on 6 November Sydney Town Hall events.humanitix.com/2025-sydney-...
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Sydney Peace Foundation @sydneypeace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Dr Jane Goodall's final message - each and everyone of you has a role to play ... you make a difference in this world. Thank you for sharing @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 02/10/2025
Non-recognition and denial of statehood, to the contrary, rewards Israel's illegal occupation, denial of self-determination, and international crimes. It also fails to address the root causes of terrorism and thus perpetuates indefinite violence. #auspol #NPC
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Sidoti and Saul on what we can and must do to stop the killing
Appearing yesterday at Canberra's National Press Club, Chris Sidoti and Ben Saul laid out the things Australia can and must do to play our proper part to end the genocide. In coming days we will run t...
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Women's Agenda @womensagenda.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Israeli forces have intercepted the pro-Palestinian Global Sumud Flotilla on its way to Gaza, detaining dozens of activists including Greta Thunberg. womensagenda.com.au/latest/israe...
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Israeli forces intercept Gaza aid flotilla, detain Greta Thunberg
Israeli forces have intercepted the pro-Palestinian Global Sumud Flotilla on its way to Gaza, detaining Greta Thunberg.
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