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The Australian government is ramping up its efforts to close the centre by the end of October, demolishing the centre around the several hundred men it is leaving stranded on Manus Island.
Behrouz Boochani, speaking to Green Left Weekly from Manus Island, described the situation: “At this moment that I’m talking with you the workers are working to demolish part of the detention centre and I know that they want to demolish the kitchen in coming days.
This is all part of the Australian government’s plan to force people to move to East Lorengau, where two refugees who were forced to live there, Rajeev Rajendran and Hamed Shamshiripour, have died since early August. Both suffered serious mental health conditions but received no medical treatment.
Boochani said: “At this moment there are three more refugees in Lorengau who are in a very critical situation, experiencing mental health crises and who have tried to kill themselves several times during this past week.
As part of its closure of Manus Island detention centre, the Australian government is removing all the medical services it provided, leaving some of the most traumatised people in the world — often due to the government’s own actions — without access to mental health services and medicines.
On the night of October 6, the Australian government put out notices that the men must move to one of three locations in Lorengau by October 27. The men had never heard of some of the locations before.
Many of the men use cigarettes to cope, but others use them as currency they can sell for basic supplies.
As the end of October rapidly approaches, several men in the detention centre continue to protest every day as the bulldozers go to work.
It is unknown what will happen over the next few weeks. Manus Island detention centre is on a PNG military base. With the water and electricity turned off and medical and other services stopped, the centre will be uninhabitable.
Boochani said: “The people are planning to resist. They don’t want to leave the detention centre because they have a lot of bad experiences with local people. On other side, the local people are very worried and don’t want the refugees to be in their community. Both sides know that if the government takes the refugees ...
The fate of the several hundred men in Manus Island is reaching a critical hour. To move to Lorengau would mean living in danger of attacks from locals. It would mean living without access to medical services and having to find their own food on a small Island where many people live on subsistence farming.
In the face of this inhumanity, the men continue to find new ways of protesting. One way Behrouz is protesting is with his film, Chauka Please Tell Us the Time, which has been screened at international film festivals. The film is about how time and deprivation of hope are used to torture people in Manus Island detentio...
Big Walnut’s Jake Summers sprints down the sidelines as Newark’s Louie Cook (9) pursues during the first half of Friday’s OCC showdown in Sunbury.
The Big Walnut football team broke out of its offensive haze in a 37-7 victory over Newark on Homecoming to open OCC-Capital play Friday night in Sunbury.
The Golden Eagles broke out for 394 yards of total offense after averaging a hair over 210 yards and 12 points per game over their last two.
One of those responsible for the offensive outbreak was Tyler Crotinger. The junior running back ran for 157 yards and three touchdowns on the ground to pace the Golden Eagles (2-4, 1-0), who ran for 247 yards as a team.
Another was Nathan Lawyer, who found the end zone on the ground and through the air as the Eagles built a 15-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Crotinger scored on a 4-yard run with a little over a minute left before the break and Lawyer ran in the two-point conversion to give the Eagles a 23-7 edge at the half.
But, BW left a lot of points out there, too. The Eagles turned it over on Newark’s side of the field twice and turned it over on downs once.
The turnover on downs, which happened on BW’s first possession, eventually led to a safety. A low snap forced Newark punter Garrett Kashner’s knee to the ground in the end zone to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead with 6:35 left in the first.
Jake Summers caught short pass from Jagger Barnett and ran it 19 yards to Newark’s 1 to set up Lawyer’s rushing touchdown to push it to 9-0 with 1:46 left in the first.
Jakob Daniels recovered the ensuing kickoff at Newark’s 38, but the Eagles couldn’t add to their lead, going three-and-out.
Lawyer caught a 37-yard touchdown pass over the middle on a skinny post to push the Eagle lead to 15-0 with 9:08 remaining in the half after a Newark three-and-out.
Quarterback Jake Sherman broke a 45-yard run down to the BW 10 on the Wildcats’ next possession. But, Nathan Montgomery stepped in front of his pass in the end zone on the next play to thwart that scoring bid.
Crotinger broke a 50-yard run two plays later to get the Eagles in Newark territory again.
But, Darren Haile intercepted Barnett on the next play to get it back for the Wildcats.
Dustin Williams scored from 18 yards out, going down the right sideline to get Newark on the board – down 15-7 with 4:06 left in the second.
Crotinger found the end zone for the second time midway through the third quarter. He capped a nine-play, 39-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run.
Barnett finished with 147 yards passing with 13 completions on just 16 attempts.
He scored from 3 yards out with 36 seconds left in the game to account for the final margin.
Max Lenz had 5.5 tackles, Lawyer had 1.5 tackles-for-loss and Sam Elliott also had an interception to lead the Eagle defense, which held Newark to just 137 yards of total offense.
Mason Wheeler had 51 yards on seven carries and Sherman added 45 yards on the ground to lead the Wildcats (1-5, 0-1).
Next up, BW continues league play with a trip to Franklin Heights Friday night at 7 p.m.
Fantasy Fix: Is Adam Scott your best bet at the Barclays?
Starters -- (A-List): Adam Scott. We probably would have used Kuchar, if not for that bizarre back injury. But hey, it's tough to ever go wrong when using Mr. Scott. The Aussie has finished in the top 15 in six straight events and 11 of 13 overall this season.
(B-List): Jason Day. Another Aussie who has played well in 2014 when he's teed it up, Day played in the final group at the PGA Championship on Saturday and finished T-5 at Ridgewood in 2010.
(B-List): Bill Haas. Coming off a T-2 in Greensboro and still motivated -- and close -- to earning a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. But what about Rory McIlroy? We're passing on using him in this spot despite his three-tournament winning streak. Why? Because EVERYONE is picking him. We hope EVERYONE isn't right. . .
(C-List): Sergio Garcia. Had a disappointing PGA Championship, but had back-to-back runner-ups previously at the British Open and the Bridgestone Invitational. He also had a runner-up at Ridgewood in this event in 2008.
Bench/Backups: Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Jim Furyk, and Ryan Palmer.
Knockout/One-and-done pick: Nick Watney. Unfortunately, we've used all the players above so we had to dig a little deeper here. Watney won this event in 2012 at Bethpage Black and has re-found his form of late with a T-5, a T-8 and a T-12 in the past month. Another big finish would certainly get the attention of U.S. R...
Previously used: Keegan Bradley (Doral), Tim Clark (Sony), Jason Day (Congressional), Graham DeLaet (Phoenix), Luke Donald (Valspar), Jason Dufner (Bridgestone), Rickie Fowler (Honda Classic), Jim Furyk (Heritage), Sergio Garcia (British Open), Bill Haas (Farmers), Charley Hoffman (Travelers), Billy Horschel (Zurich), ...
SAN SEBASTIAN — Representing independent distributors across Europe, Europa Distribution organized a round table at San Sebastian’s 5th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum this week. It sported the suggestive title The Gold Rush? Or how can independent films finally hope to dig some gold out of VOD?. Event took pl...
Panelists were Kobi Shely, from Glasgow’s online promotion consultancy Distrify Media; Anna Harding, head of communications at Swedish arthouse distributor Folkets Bio; Quentin Carbonell, Director of Acquisitions of Mubi, a SVOD platform; European Commission audiovisual administrator Emmanuel Joly; and Alexandra Poch, ...
CURATION Carbonell agreed with Harding: “We try to work in this direction, building up a very loyal core who act as ambassadors.” What you can’t curate is “thousands of films: We need to work from different perspectives,” he added.
CO-OPERATION. Poch commented that via their reports, the EUIPO team has discovered that many young digital viewers –35%– don’t distinguish if they’re consuming illegal contents or not. She talked about a E.U. project, Agorateca, which would establish fast access to all legal digital catalogues in the near future.
BIG DATA One way to forge new strategies would be to take a leaf out of the books of digital operators and aggregators, Shely suggested. However, big data or meta data from the biggest operators are not accessible, most round table participants complained. They were confident, however, that little-by-little this inform...
In conclusion, the changes in distribution wrought by the rise of digital disruption is now pretty clear. Where the sector is going in the future, however, is anyone’s guess.
By , AMSTERDAM, Oc 4 – The hate speech trial of Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders was adjourned for 24 hours shortly after opening in Amsterdam on Monday as he called on the judges to recuse themselves on the grounds of bias.
"We will now retire to consider" Wilders\’ application, said judge Frans Bauduin, the chairman of a special panel of judges hastily convened to hear the recusal bid that interrupted Wilders\’ trial.
A ruling on the recusal is to be made at 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) on Tuesday, said Bauduin.
Wilders, 47, risks up to a year in jail or a 7,600-euro fine for calling Islam "fascist" and likening the Koran to Hitler\’s Mein Kampf.
He is charged with five counts of giving religious offence to Muslims and inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims and people of non-Western immigrant origin, particularly Moroccans, in comments made between October 2006 and March 2008 in Dutch newspapers and on Internet forums.
After a brief initial statement in the morning in which he defended his right to free speech, Wilders announced to the court that he would invoke his right to remain silent and not answer any questions.
This moved presiding judge Jan Moors to observe that Wilders has often been accused in the media of making wild statements and then avoiding the discussions they evoked, adding "it seems as if you\’re doing it again".
Wilders then sought the recusal of Moors and his two assistants, claiming they had demonstrated bias against him.
"Inappropriate, even scandalous", Wilders told the court of the statement, adding: "In my opinion, a fair trial is no longer possible".
His lawyer Bram Moszkowicz said the incident has "created an impression of partiality".
Wilders is set to become a shadow partner of the next Dutch government after his Party for Freedom came third in June 9 national elections with 24 out of 150 members of the lower house of parliament.
Political scenario in Darjeeling hills has started taking turn again indicating a new closeness between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha and TMC.
Political scenario in troubled Darjeeling hills has started taking turn again indicating a new closeness between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM) and Trinamool Congress.
SILIGURI: Political scenario in troubled Darjeeling hills has started taking turn again indicating a new closeness between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM) and Trinamool Congress, the ruling party of West Bengal.
While this closeness can save the administrative power of GJM leaders and thus financial flow through their hands, the redeveloped friendship can help TMC to mark its presence in the hills where it was practically non existing entity so far.
But the major question remains unanswered. Can all these plays in Darjeeling political theatre arena restore long standing peace in the hills? Or bring back the tourism dependent economy on track there that has already got ruined this festive season?
With these questions hovering on hilly air, the state chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has began her 5 days long visit there on Tuesday afternoon.
Though administration could not give any concrete, consolidated and complete itinerary of the CM, as learnt, the CM is likely to meet the GJM leaders there apart from meeting Lepcha community representatives and administrative officials.
"We want development and nothing can come before that. Thus Gorkhaland Territorial Administration(GTA) has no problem in sitting with the CM," said GJM spokesman Dr H B Chhetri.
GTA, a separate administrative body for Darjeeling at part with District development board with high administrative and financial power was formed following demand of GJM and strong persuasion of Miss Mamata Banerjee in 2010 during the days of TMC GJM handshaking. But the friendship had a crack on the issues of handing...
The CM on the other hand, turning around from her 'Rough and Tough' stance on GJM leaders shown couple of days back, has also expressed interest to meet the GJM leaders. She is also meeting Lepcha community members separately to talk on the issues pertaining to Lepcha Development Board. State Government's decision to f...
But, "Tactical political activities may justify political agendas of TMC or GJM. But Darjeeling needs end of this stalemate, true governance and development for its survival," said political observers.
Since 2010, the Arbuckles to Ardmore Race for Mercy has been a staple for the Ardmore community. In its 10th and final year, the marathon is likely to bring the total amount of money raised to over $1 million. None of this work would have been possible without the dedication of hundreds of volunteers who helped along t...
Year after year people donated their time in a wide range of weather conditions. Neither heat, nor cold, nor drizzle, nor sun stopped volunteers from assisting the racers or helping organize the race itself. While hundreds have volunteered their time over the years, here are a few stories from some of the volunteers wh...
Part of our current malaise is sheer fatigue with the old forms of politics. Can the Comedy Central duo break the mould?
In the US, we're beyond disenchanted with politics, worn to a nub by partisan pettiness, knee-jerk negativity and scandalous incompetence. This disillusionment spans the political spectrum, and it seems everyone is descending on the Lincoln Memorial to prove it. Last month, Beck-Palin rolled into Washington, DC for a "...
On Saturday 2 October, activists will head to DC for the "One Nation March", an event organised by labor unions, civil rights and anti-war groups. The idea behind this rally and march is to crank up the numbers and amp up the solidarity, putting pressure on elected leaders to do the right – or rather, left – thing. We ...
We need this mélange of messages reverberating through the tens of thousands who will likely be in attendance. Our current economic calamity is grim, and everyday people have been suffering for decades under neoliberalism's relentless crush. Meanwhile, social assistance programmes have been eviscerated like Alaskan gam...
Yet, many US activists are not only disconcerted by Obama's namby-pambyism, but are also fatigued by ritualistic protest forms. Anyone attending a "March on Washington"-type event can expect a familiar routine: listen to speeches, march, reconvene, disperse. Listen to speeches, march, reconvene, disperse. We're at a cr...
Stewart and Colbert recently announced duelling rallies that'll take place on 30 October in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" is a self-proclaimed "Million Moderate March" designed to create space for the supposedly sensible amid what Stewart sees as a sea of extremism. According to the...
Behind this farcical façade lies serious disgruntlement with the standard-issue political shenanigans of our times. Stewart and Colbert are appropriating the form of a protest event and subverting it with ironic intent. This is a concerted antidote to the professionalised hinktank-ified gloom-and-doom-ism that – in the...
For years now, the duo has been enacting the political spectacle, using humour to wedge open a space for serious critique. They have always been political – spoofing the news and interviewing politicos night after night – but their planned DC rallies place them firmly on new terrain, and a risky one at that. Sure, as C...
In any case, the wildly divergent protest events bookending October raise a number of important question activists should consider. Are movements better served by fact-stackers peddling policies to solve problems and creating new narratives to explain our world? Will the Stewart and Colbert rallies help progressives fi...
The "truthiness" of the matter is that organisers of both events could learn from each other. Planners of the "One Nation March" – folks White House press secretary Robert Gibbs recently derided as the "professional left" – would benefit from an infusion of humour and spontaneity. And Stewart could use a more radical a...
Some have argued Stewart and Colbert won't be able to "mobilise the masses", but if the number of people who have vowed on Facebook to attend the rallies is any indication, that prediction might be premature. People are craving something different, and Comedy Central's one-two punch may well deliver it. I can't wait to...
A lawyer representing a local family embroiled in a land-use dispute said yesterday the debate is not whether Michael Gulbankian can legally park buses on his 40 Mt. Vickery Road property, but if he can legally use his land to operate more than one business.
"The bus terminal is not at issue," said lawyer Kate Connolly. "It was approved by a variance issued in 1983."
Running more than one business at a time on a residential property requires a special permit. And according to town bylaws, a special permit is also required if a business owner wants to use his garage for two different uses.
As a result, Gulbankian and his family - who run the Gulbankian Farm Garden Center and Florist Shop and a machine shop that services antique cars - have applied for a special permit for mixed uses and an additional permit for mixed garage use.
Connolly said the debate started when Southborough Building Inspector Dave Gusmini received a letter dated Dec. 4, 2009, from a neighbor who complained that the Gulbankians were running multiple non-permitted commercial businesses on their property.
"A copy of the letter was provided to us through a records request, but the name of the signee was completely blacked-out," said Connolly. "That doesn't matter, but it did result in an inspection of the property."
Connolly said a special permit should not be needed since the flower shop is exempt from zoning under an agricultural provision and a variance was already granted for garage use in 1988.
"At the building inspector's request, we're applying for modification of the garage permit to allow for additional repair work on antique cars and the buses," she added.
Several residents of a nearby condominium development showed up at last Monday's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting to oppose the return of the bus terminal, which Gulbankian operated until 2006.
"But when Mr. Gulbankian sold a portion of the property which is now Mt. Vickery Hills Condominiums, he stipulated that the developer would be required to put in a provision that residents could not oppose mixed usage such as a bus terminal," said Connolly. "There is even testimony from a public hearing where the devel...
At the meeting, members decided to delay making a decision on the permits. One neighbor who spoke in support of the Gulbankian's application said his voice might have been drowned out by the opposition.
"I've got nothing to gain here financially," Brian O'Sullivan, who lives at 38 Mt. Vickery Road. "I moved in knowing the buses could be there and I don't think someone should be penalized for having some down time between business ventures."
Gulbankian, who had a medical setback in 2006 that prompted him to sell his bus line, plans to lease his lot to North Reading Transportation, which has a busing contract with Marlborough public schools.
"The Gulbankians are just trying to figure out ways to make a living," said O'Sullivan, who rents his home from them. "They've been forced into this because there was a protest and now they're facing a technicality that could do them in."
Connolly said a maximum of 14 brand-new low-emission buses would be using the lot at any given time.
"The buses will park there starting July 1," she said. "They will only be running during school hours Monday through Friday and not on the weekends."
The Zoning Board of Appeals will revisit the discussion on July 28. Connolly said she is optimistic a decision will be made then.
The Pacers have won four games in a row directly on the heels of a four-game losing streak. Indiana has held three of its last four opponents under 95 points -- entering games on Friday, the Pacers have held opponents under 95 points 13 times this season, tied with the Jazz for most such games in the league.

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