PROTEST CALLS FOR END TO OFFSHORE PROCESSING AND MANDATORY DETENTION
COMMUNITY PROCESSING MUST START NOW
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling a protest outside the Sydney offices of the Immigration Department, 26 Lee Street, 12.30, Wednesday 26 October. Speakers at the protest will include Dr...
Fifteen Iranian asylum seekers in Darwin hunger strike
While the mass hunger strike at Manus Island has drawn the main media attention, 15 Iranian asylum seekers have entered their sixth day of hunger strike in the Wickham Point detention centre near Darwin.
The...
Rally at ALP conference
Sunday December 4
Meet 12pm Sydney Town hallÂ
Speakers 1pm Darling Harbour convention centre outside ALP conference
Speakers: Ged Kearney (President, ACTU)
Shane Price (NSW Co-convenor, Labor for Refugees)
Ian Rintoul (Refugee Action Coalition)
Hazara and Tamil refugees
Initial endorsements:...
Convergence on Canberra
Join refugee groups from around Australia to travel to Canberra on Monday 18 November to protest during the first sitting period of the new Abbott government.
Monday 18 November, buses leave Sydney 7.30am
The Coalition government...
Manus hospital can’t cope with refugee self-harm cases
The local Lorengau hospital is turning away refugee cases of self-harm and attempted suicide as the numbers being brought to the hospital continue to rise.
Local nurses are saying that the hospital cannot cope and...
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...
Rally Oct 23, 2010
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
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STAND UP FOR REFUGEES PROTEST
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1pm Saturday October 23 @ Sydney Town hall
Close...
RALLY FOR REFUGEES ON PALM SUNDAY
2pm Sunday 9 April 2017, Hyde Park north
Justice, peace, no racism
We can do better, #BringThemHere
Invite your friends to the Facebook event here
www.facebook.com/events/1790212824567225
Print out a poster to stick up at work or near where you...
Public forum with Les Murray
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...
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...
