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Latest news
Federal Court upholds peace activist's right to ASIO files
Melbourne, 18 July, 2008: Deported US peace activist Scott Parkin has welcomed a Federal Court judgement upholding his right to access a list of documents showing why Australia's domestic spy agency regards him as a threat to Australia's national security.
ASIO appeals over secret documents
Melbourne, 28 February, 2008: ASIO's security assessments of deported US peace activist Scott Parkin and Iraqi refugees Mohammed Sagar and Muhammad Faisal could be based on information that the three men themselves were not aware of, the full bench of the Federal Court heard in Melbourne today.
Activist welcomes ASIO court order
Washington, 2 November, 2007: Deported US peace activist Scott Parkin today welcomed a Federal Court judgement ordering discovery of documents showing why ASIO branded him a threat to national security.
ASIO admits foreign influence in Parkin case
Melbourne, Tuesday 22 May, 2007: ASIO did not rely solely on information on deported US citizen Scott Parkin's activities in Australia when it deemed the peace activist a threat to national security, lawyers for the domestic spy agency told the Federal Court in Melbourne today.
Australians risk jail to defend deported activist
Melbourne, Tuesday 22 May, 2007: Twenty-six supporters of deported peace activist Scott Parkin could face up to four years jail if found to have lied in statutory declarations backing the US citizen's assertion that he did nothing to threaten Australia's national security.
Scott Parkin court challenge begins
Melbourne, Tuesday 4 April, 2006: Lawyers for US peace activist Scott Parkin appeared briefly in the Federal Court today to defend his right to know why he was detained and removed from Australia in September last year.
AFP investigate Scott Parkin "leak"
San Francisco, Thursday 16 March, 2006: US peace activist Scott Parkin has welcomed a Federal Police investigation into allegations that The Australian newspaper published leaked information regarding the ASIO security assessment that triggered his forced removal from Australia.
Pentagon spied on Parkin
Monday 23 January, 2006: US peace activist Scott Parkin's Houston-based anti-war group was spied on by a top-secret Pentagon counter-intelligence agency in 2004, according to a report in Newsweek magazine.
Parkin launches Federal Court challenge
Tuesday 13 December, 2005: US peace activist Scott Parkin has launched a Federal Court challenge in a bid to quash the security assessment that led to his detention and forced removed from Australia.
ASIO report unfair: Parkin
San Francisco, Wednesday 6 December, 2005: Deported US peace activist Scott Parkin has dismissed a report on his treatment released by the Inspector General of Intelligence Services, Ian Carnell, as "unfair" and challenged Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to reveal the specific allegations that led ASIO to issue an adverse security assessment against him.
Parkin was peaceful: ASIO
Monday 31 October, 2005: Deported US peace activist Scott Parkin was not involved in violent activity, the head of ASIO admitted tonight, in apparent contradiction of Attorney-General Philip Ruddock.
New group demands answers for Parkin
Melbourne/Boston, Friday 21 October, 2005: Scott Parkin, the US peace campaigner who was deported from Australia last month after being detained without charge for five days, has welcomed the formation of a new group to advocate on his behalf.
Parkin's co-trainer offers up so-called "violent" agenda for public scrutiny
Melbourne, Thursday 22 September, 2005: In response to ASIO's bungling smear campaign, Mr Iain Murray, co-presenter of Scott Parkin's activist workshops, has again offered to present and explain their teaching agenda.
Parkin refutes ASIO smear
Houston, Texas, 22 September 2005: Scott Parkin today spoke from Texas to clear his name and refute the media claims of an alleged ASIO leak that he was planning to teach violence in his peace workshop in Melbourne.
Parkin supporters confront Attorney General
Melbourne, Monday September 19, 2005: A roomful of protesters wearing Mahatma Gandhi masks demanded an explanation for the deportation of US peace activist Scott Parkin from Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock at a speaking engagement in Melbourne tonight.
Forum organizers unite in support of Scott Parkin
Melbourne, 11 September 2005: The organisers of a public forum at which detained peace activist Scott Parkin was due to speak on the day of his detention have condemned the actions of Federal authorities and vowed to support efforts to uphold his civil liberties.
