Ben Doherty
Ben Doherty is a reporter for Guardian Australia, and a former foreign correspondent covering south-east Asia. He has won three Walkley awards for his foreign and immigration reporting. Email: ben.doherty@theguardian.com. Click here for Ben's public key
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At the time of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspections, the longest continuous detention in a hotel was 634 days
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Son was upholding wishes of victim not to have matter pursued by ‘secular authorities’ when he failed to report offending to police, lawyer says
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The long-running investigations into murder allegations in Afghanistan will be replaced by new inquiries because of concerns about evidence
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Assange’s father, John Shipton, said his son’s grounds for a further hearing were ‘clear, firm and just’
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Justice Anthony Besanko’s full verdict describes how Australia’s most decorated soldier lied to save his reputation
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Australia’s most decorated soldier sued the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times – and the case was dismissed. We examine what Justice Anthony Besanko found, and why
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Justice Besanko’s complete findings, released today, found the Victoria Cross recipient lied about murdering civilians, deliberately hid evidence from court and threatened potential witnesses
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Justice Anthony Besanko’s 736-page judgment has been released after judge last week dismissed defamation case in favour of Nine newspapers and reporter
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Seventeen women and nine children will take the government to court, arguing that Australia has ‘effective control’ of their detention and the power to set them free
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Australia’s most decorated living soldier has had his defamation case dismissed, but questions remain over his future
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Ben Doherty reports from court on the judge’s ruling and what it means for public interest journalismPodcast
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Ben Doherty reports from court on the judge’s ruling and what it means for public interest journalismPodcast
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Justice Anthony Besanko found newspapers established substantial or contextual truth of allegations of murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan