Resources: Media Release

Labor sells out on nuclear non-proliferation, a joint media release from MAPW and ICANⁱ on 4 December, following the ALP conference decision to sell uranium to India.

Media release from Cluster Munitions Association (Australia) responding to reports that ALP Parliamentary Caucus has voted not to amend draft legislation to ratify the global treaty banning cluster bombs.

MAPW President, Jenny Grounds, calls for suspension of Australian military ties with Indonesia following the shootings at the third West Papuan People's Congress. 21 October 2011

MAPW has called on the Government to withdraw the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill, and to conduct an Inquiry into nuclear medicine and nuclear medicine waste disposal, in a Media Release entitled "Doctors seek second opinion on radioactive waste laws".

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This MAPW media release laments the lack of accurate information about the continuing nuclear crisis in Japan with the Australian government advising its citizens to evacuate 80 km from Fukushima, after reassurances the previous day that the 30km Japanese evacuation zone was adequate.

Following media reports alleging human rights abuses committed by the Indonesian Security Forces, MAPW has urged the Australian Government to hold an inquiry into how our military support for the Indonesian security forces is being used by the Indonesian military. Video footage appears to show the Indonesian security forces torturing Papuans in West Papua’s Puncak Jaya region.