The “Sovereign Citizen Movement” is a term used to describe the growing number of individuals who deny the authority and / or legitimacy of the U.S. government. While the “SovCit” movement originated ...

Keiran Hardy receives funding from the Australian Research Council for a Discovery Project on conspiracy-fuelled extremism. Kristina Murphy receives funding from The Australian Research Council to ...

In the bush outside Porepunkah, a small town in Victoria, Australia, a manhunt is underway. The Mount Buffalo national park stretches to the east; somewhere in its 31,000 acres of alpine forest there ...

It started as a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Then the case of self-proclaimed sovereign citizen Michael Mattingly devolved into a series of delays, unusual filings and, eventually, a ...

Josh Roose receives funding from The Australian Research Council, Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, and Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety. Australia has ...

The sovereign citizen movement has once again been thrust into the mainstream spotlight following the deadly shooting of two police officers in Victoria's alpine region. Alleged killer Dezi Freeman, ...

The alleged killing of two police officers who attempted to serve a warrant on a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” in Australia shows how a movement that originated in the United States has taken ...

Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah. The case ...