Media release September 30, 2010 REFUGEE GROUP’S PROTEST CALLS FOR END TO MANDATORY DETENTION AND OFF-SHORE PROCESSING The dry (ie not taking fluids) hunger strike by 16 Iranian and Kurdish asylum seekers was called off late (Wednesday) afternoon following discussions with immigration officers. It was the twelfth day of the hunger strike that has taken […]
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/24/3020650.htm A rooftop protest by nine Chinese immigration detainees at Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney is over. The Department of Immigration has confirmed the four women and five men have all left the roof. Four of the group who were refusing food have been taken to hospital for medical treatment, and two remain under observation. […]
Media Release September 22, 2010 A fourth Iranian hunger striker, aged 25, was taken from Villawood to Bankstown hospital in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Sixteen Iranian and Kurdish asylum seekers have been on a dry hunger strike (ie also refusing liquids) since last Friday. Their physical condition is deteriorating badly. Three Iranian men, […]
The nine Tamil detainees who protested all day on the roof of Villawood detention centre spent last night at a motel and all quite happy. They agreed to come down from the roof after securing an agreement for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, to review their asylum claims. The UNHCR “deal” is really only […]
Media release September 21, 2010 While attention has been focused on the fate of the roof-top protesters at Villawood detention centre, the dry hunger strike by sixteen Iranians and Kurdish detainees has continued into its fourth day. This afternoon (Tuesday 21 September), two of the Iranian hunger strikers were taken to Liverpool hospital. Another Iranian […]
Media Release September 21, 2010 Refugee groups are urging the Immigration department to act urgently to avert another tragedy at Villawood detention centre. Negotiations inside the detention centre are at a standstill. Meanwhile there are reports that at least one Chinese man is now on the roof of another building in stage 2 – the […]
AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 28 September, 12.30—1.30pm We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House, Canberra, to call on the new federal parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as […]
See media report on the action here (although it underestimates the size of the rally, which was attended by about 250 people http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/refugee-group-rallies-in-sydney-20101023-16yeh.html STAND UP FOR REFUGEES PROTEST 1pm Saturday October 23 @ Sydney Town hall Close all detention centres No offshore processing No deportations Speakers include: Lee Rhiannon (Greens Senator elect for […]
Media release, September 20 2010 The suicide of a Fijian man facing deportation from the Villawood detention centre this morning has thrown the detention centre into chaos. The Fijian man died after throwing himself from the roof of a building in stage 2 of the detention centre. It is understood that the Fijian man, believed […]
End mandatory detention End offshore detention Outside Dept of Immigration Lee St (next to Railway Square, Central) 12.30 Friday 3 Sept Speakers include Sylvia Hale (NSW Greens), Ian Rintoul (RAC) “We strongly condemn the refusal by the police and the Department of Immigration to provide water to the protesting asylum seekers. It is another disgraceful […]
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