Climate justice for the Torres Strait
Yessie Mosby is a traditional owner of Masig Island who moved back there 10 years ago after living in the western islands of the Torres Strait. He was shocked by the changes he found on the island and has continued to witness in the decade since. (Human Rights Defender, October 2020)
Death Row Paintings Call for Mercy
The first major exhibition of paintings by Myuran Sukumaran, an Australian executed in Indonesia for drug smuggling, opened recently in Sydney, provoking discussion on justice, punishment and rehabilitation. (Tempo English, February 2017)
Class action against Montara brought by West Timorese
The calm, sparkling bay where Indonesian seaweed farmer Josias Ferroh launches his boat looks like paradise. (The Saturday Paper, October 2016)
Heroin Queen? Merry Utami’s life tells a different story
In Indonesian media reports, she is dubbed “ratu heroin” or “heroin queen”, but Merry Utami’s path to death row had none of the riches or glamour. A domestic worker abroad fleeing an abusive husband, Merry fell victim to an international drug syndicate. (Magdalene, July 2016)
Indonesia executions: Mary Jane lives, death penalty questions linger
It has been one year since Filipina Mary Jane’s reprieve and the execution of 8 others. What’s the situation now? (Rappler.com April 29 2016)
Reporter’s Perspective: The final days of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan
Reporting this story through to its terrible conclusion has been taxing and uniquely challenging, not least because it was very sad. (AAP Backstory, May 26 2015)
Quest for Balibo truth spans 40 years
“The truth is never too young to be told, nor too old.” So said Coroner Dorelle Pinch as she summed up the 2007 inquest into the deaths of the Balibo Five in East Timor. (AAP/ sbs.com.au October 15 2015)
Balibo forever proud of its Five
In Balibo today, pre-schoolers are romping around in green and gold “Balibo 5” uniforms, a football team is training in orange – the colour on the Australia Flag House – and teens paint handprints on their T-shirts. (AAP/sbs.com.au October 15 2015)
Montara leaves questions across the Timor Sea
Empty fishing nets, weeping sores, mysterious deaths and mass dolphin strandings. In Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara islands, all these problems and more are being blamed on an oil spill in Australian waters five years ago. (AAP/SBS June 13 2014)
Gabrielle Dunlevy 