Linda Briskman

Linda Briskman is Professor of Human Rights Education at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, activist, and co-author of the award winning book "Human Rights Overboard: Seeking asylum in A

Letter from Iran: diplomacy trumps hostility?

The signing of the accord and the eventual loosening of the shackles of sanctions is a remarkable exercise in peace-building through negotiation and diplomacy.

By Linda Briskman

/ 27 Aug 2015

‘Terror Australis’: the language of Australia’s domestic war on terror

Australia’s politicians and press are ratcheting up a rhetoric of pure Islamophobia. These escalating tactics are aimed, as ever, at forcing a shift in the balance of freedom and security, in favour of the latter.

By Linda Briskman and Scott Poynting

/ 26 Oct 2014

Letter from Australia to Britain: Trading in human misery - immigration and the "Malaysian solution"

Australia’s detention regime offers an ugly vision of where UK asylum policy may be headed

By Linda Briskman

/ 23 Jun 2011