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Whaling, Activism, and Human Rights
This will be the first blog Toru and I have written together, as up until recently our heavy bail restrictions have meant that we could not be in the same room or even talk to each other without a lawyer present. The verdict in our trial is approaching, and on Monday September 6 we will…
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Are Fish and Chips a Greater Threat to Whales than Harpoons?
One of our campaigners in New Zealand, Karli Thomas, sent me a link to a recent program from 60 minutes New Zealand. It contains some disturbing information. We know that whales face many threats beyond whaling including ship strikes, entanglement in fishing nets and the impacts of climate change. But the program contains evidence…
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Deciding the fate of the world’s tuna
Pacific tuna campaigner Duncan Williams answers some questions about the international tuna meeting he’s attending in Brisbane. You’ve come all the way from Fiji for this international meeting on tuna. What’s the meeting about and why is it so important? Kobe II is the only time that all the tuna commissions from around the world…
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How far would you go to help save the whales?
International human rights experts Dirk Voorhoof and Serge Gutwirth have co-authored a thought provoking article about the right to protest under threat. Check it out on the ABC Unleashed site here: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2911068.htm Professor Dirk Voorhoof recently provided testimony in the case again the Tokyo Two, our activists who risked jail time for exposing the fraud that…
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What’s Happening With the Whales?
There's been quite a bit of media lately on the whales front. And the conflicting reports can be a bit confusing
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Is There Any Life Left In The Whaling Commission?
I’m in Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic and the host of this year’s annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission. The IWC, as it’s known, is the peak international body for deciding upon all issues related to whales and whaling. It’s also my first IWC meeting as a Greenpeace whales campaigner. To be…