Manus protest defies Foxtrot shut-down threat
A mass protest at the Foxtrot compound on Manus Island has defied Border Force orders to move and demanded that power and water be officially restored to the compound. (See photos)
The protest gathered at...
Forum with Malaysian refugee rights activist Angeline Loh
Why we must REJECT Gillard's Malaysia deal
Angeline Loh works for the Malaysian human rights organisation Aliran, which has published the independent media magazine Aliran Monthly for over 30 years, surviving numerous government attempts at...
REFUGEES, RACISM AND FEAR: HOW CAN WEÂ AVOIDÂ ANOTHERÂ TAMPAÂ ELECTION?
A public forum organised by the Refugee Action Coalition
Speakers:
Riz Wakil (Afghan refugee, former Curtin detainee)
Aaron Hulse (Get Up! campaign director)
Amnesty International speaker
Refugee Action Coalition speaker
As the federal election approaches, the major parties are engaged...
Stop Morrison’s war on refugees
Rally at Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s office
Saturday 19 October, Monro Park near Cronulla station
There were reports on the rally in the local paper, great photos from the rally here and also on New Matilda and elsewhere.
View a short Youtube clip...
Protest at Villawood
Media coverage:
Report in Fairfield City Champion
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No to the Malaysia ‘Solution’:
FREE THE REFUGEES
Rally 12pm Sunday July 24
Meet at Gurney Road (near Cnr Brown St), Villawood
If you are outraged by the inhumanity of Australia's treatment of...
Rally to support Darwin asylum seekers
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...
Urgent action needed for Darwin hunger strikers as ‘Martin’ nears death
Fifteen Iranian asylum seekers are on their 19th day of hunger strike in Darwin’s Wickham Point detention centre. Meanwhile Martin, who has been on hunger strike since November last year is very weak and...
Speech by Dr Michael Dudley to rally November 30
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
With acknowledgements to Dr Fran Gale
Thanks for the invitation to speak.
I have...
Palm Sunday Rally April 17
Free the refugees
End mandatory detention
No deportations
No offshore processing
Sunday 17 April, 1pm Sydney Town Hall, marching to Hyde Park
Speakers include:
Iraj Moghadam, Iranian refugee and ex-detainee
Sr Susan Connelly, Mark MacKillop Institute of East Timor Studies
David...
