WE EXPOSE THE TRUE FACE OF AUSTRALIA: it’s holding Djokovic hostage until we agree to the “Rio Tinto” mine! So screamed the headline of the Serbian tabloid magazine Republika on January 8th as protestors gathered outside the Australian embassy to hurl tennis balls at the building. This was not the understanding of most mainstream media outlets. Novak Djokovic, the world’s number 1 tennis player, was detained shortly after flying into Melbourne on January 5th to defend his title at the Australian Open because he had not been vaccinated against Covid-19. Djokovic’s lawyers argued that he had been granted a medical exemption to enter…

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