This is a brief introduction to the migrant caravan which is currently travelling through Mexico.
Mark IsaacsNovember 6, 2018
An in-depth investigation into the humanitarian disaster unfolding on Manus Island.
Mark IsaacsDecember 11, 2017
"This was not the Manus people's decision. The refugees want to go to Australia. They…
Mark IsaacsNovember 18, 2017
The other day I was surprised and humbled to receive the 2017 UTS Community Alumni…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 29, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 19, 2017
A high school teachers' resource, commissioned by Hardie Grant, to study The Undesirables: Inside Nauru…
Mark IsaacsAugust 5, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 27, 2017
A high school teachers' resource to study Nauru Burning as an English text. It is…
Mark IsaacsJuly 21, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 18, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 13, 2017
The Responsibility to Protect report is the continuation of the Edmund Rice Centre’s determination to…
Mark IsaacsJuly 10, 2017
A statement from the Ta'ang Student Youth Union condemning the Myanmar Tatmadaw for their increasing…
Mark IsaacsJuly 3, 2017
This extract from my second book, Nauru Burning, describes the days after the 2013 riot…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 26, 2017
In 2015, I spent a week trekking through the Kashmir Valley. This is a photo…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 3, 2017
Hardie Grant Books has decided to launch a second edition of my book The Undesirables:…
Mark IsaacsDecember 28, 2016
In the third and final part of my Sri Lanka series, I examine why Tamils…
Mark IsaacsDecember 27, 2016
Peter Dutton is sick and tired of “political correctness gone mad”, according to his interview…
Mark IsaacsDecember 21, 2016
This is an excerpt from Robin de Crespigny's award-winning book, The People Smuggler: The true…
Mark IsaacsDecember 20, 2016
In 2015, six years after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, I travelled…
Mark IsaacsDecember 11, 2016
In July 2015, I visited Sri Lanka to find out why people were continuing to…
Mark IsaacsDecember 7, 2016
Violence against the Rohingya people in the Rhakine state of Burma has resumed. I received…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2016
This essay on Just Macbeth! was commissioned by Griffith Review and Copyright Agency for its…
Mark IsaacsNovember 22, 2016
Ali is a Hazara man from Afghanistan trying to seek asylum in Australia. In Part…
Mark IsaacsOctober 26, 2016
It is with great pleasure (and relief) that my book, Nauru Burning: An uprising and…
Mark IsaacsOctober 21, 2016
Ali is a Hazara man from Afghanistan trying to seek asylum in Australia. Part 4…
Mark IsaacsOctober 17, 2016
There are numerous ethnic groups in Iran who claim discrimination and persecution at the hands…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 29, 2016
As I travel through Iran, I learn about the ancient Persian empires and the Sufi…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 26, 2016
The Islamic Republic of Iran borders the world's principal area of opium production known as…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 15, 2016
In 2015, I visited the Rohingya refugee camps in the southern region of Bangladesh. My…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 5, 2016
When faced with overwhelming evidence of systemic abuse, the Australian government shifted responsibility and blamed…
Mark IsaacsAugust 22, 2016
A poem I wrote to commemorate two dear friends' commitment to love.
Mark IsaacsAugust 22, 2016
Part 2 of my experiences in noisy, bustling, endearing, incredible Bangladesh where I met nomads,…
Mark IsaacsAugust 15, 2016
Dhaka is a corrugated city, a bell-ringing city, a rickshaw city; a Muslim city, a…
Mark IsaacsAugust 12, 2016
In December 2014, I was invited to address students at the end of year presentation…
Mark IsaacsJuly 14, 2016
Ali Reid has been an advocate for refugees in Australia for the past 5 years,…
Mark IsaacsJune 26, 2016
Dr. Gulam Khandaker is a Bengali-born, Sydney-based doctor attempting to witness and record the plight…
Mark IsaacsJune 21, 2016
I visit Numchang village in Shan state, Burma and get an insight into daily village…
Mark IsaacsJune 2, 2016
The Refugee Council of Australia asked me to write a piece for their campaign against…
Mark IsaacsMay 27, 2016
Many Ta'ang people have been displaced due to the violence in Shan state. I snuck…
Mark IsaacsMay 27, 2016
Another source of conflict in the Shan state is opium cultivation. The local Ta'ang people…
Mark IsaacsMay 26, 2016
There is a heavy military presence in Northern Shan State. According to the local Ta'ang…
Mark IsaacsMay 24, 2016
While travelling through Burma, I was asked by a friend to assist with the Ta'ang…
Mark IsaacsMay 22, 2016
In March 2016, I went to Afghanistan with the Edmund Rice Centre. This 60-second audio…
Mark IsaacsMay 9, 2016
On April 26, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea declared Australia’s detention of asylum…
Mark IsaacsMay 3, 2016
I spent a day and an evening with the Qashqa'i nomads of Fars Province, Iran.…
Mark IsaacsApril 20, 2016
I travelled with Wolftress to the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces of southern China to find…
Mark IsaacsApril 20, 2016