Rally 11am Sunday 10 February at Villawood detention centre (Miowera Rd entrance) Ranjini’s new baby boy, Paari, will grow up in detention for life because she is being held in detention indefinitely due to an ASIO negative security finding.
This speech was delivered by Dr Michael Dudley, Co-Chairperson, Suicide Prevention Australia, to the rally outside Tanya Plibersek’s office a few weeks ago
Around 300 people took to the streets on October 14 to condemn the re-opening of Nauru and the Pacific Solution. See TV news footage of the event and photos here.
ASIO and Refugees No charge, no trial: life sentence Speakers: Niromi de Soyza (author, Tamil Tigress) Stephen Blanks (lawyer in High Court challenge to ASIO checks and Secretary NSW Council for Civil Liberties) There are currently about 60 people who have been found to be refugees, yet are in detention for life due to a [...]
Thanks to all those who made it to this year’s World Refugee Day rally on Sunday June 24, marking 20 years since mandatory detention began. About 500 turned out at Sydney Town hall to hear from speakers including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Afghan Hazara Abdul Hekmat, the MUA’s Warren Smith, Robin de Crespigny author of [...]
Speakers: DR MICHAEL DUDLEY (Suicide Prevention Australia) 6pm Monday May 28, NSW Teachers Federation 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills This year marks 20 years since the introduction of mandatory detention. Before 1992, refugees who had arrived by boat were not detained. This changed when Cambodian refugees began arriving in 1989. In 1992 lawyers including Nick [...]
Featuring the Herd, Watussi, Dog Trumpet, Ember and ROSiE 6pm through to 12am Friday, May 18 The Standard, Darlinghurst $30 plus booking fee or $20 concession plus booking fee. For more information and to book go to www.wearethestandard.com.au. The festival has been designed to acknowledge the issues faced by asylum seekers over the last 20 [...]
Over Easter refugee activists from around the country converged on Darwin to refocus attention on the reality behind the wire of mandatory detention. Darwin is rapidly becoming Australia’s detention capital, with three detention centres in holding up to 1000 asylum seekers. Chronic levels of self-harm and protest have put the Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) [...]
Le Havre Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his profession as a shoeshiner. His path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa, who needs Marcel’s help to hide from the police. 6.45pm Wednesday March 28 Palace Verona Cinemas, [...]
Speakers: LES MURRAY SBS soccer commentator who (with Dateline) recently returned to Hungary to find the people smuggler who helped his family flee the country in 1956 MIKE GREWCOCK (author of Border Crimes & UNSW Law lecturer) EDWINA LLOYD (lawyer for Indonesian boat crew jailed on ‘people smuggling’ charges) HADI HOSSEINI (Afghan Hazara detained on [...]
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