{"id":1774,"date":"2012-05-19T14:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T03:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2013-01-23T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T05:52:52","slug":"world-refugee-day-rally-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=1774","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day rally 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/rally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1844\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"Rally\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/rally.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rally.jpg 591w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rally-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thanks to all those who made it to this year&#8217;s World Refugee Day rally on Sunday June 24, marking 20 years since mandatory detention began.<\/p>\n<p>About 500 turned out at Sydney Town hall to hear from speakers including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Afghan Hazara Abdul Hekmat, the MUA&#8217;s Warren Smith, Robin de Crespigny author of <em>The People Smuggler<\/em> and RAC&#8217;s Ian Rintoul. It followed another rally the day before organised by Welcome to Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a great slideshow of photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ocka_photography\/sets\/72157630288612586\/show\/with\/7443820656\" target=\"_blank\">on Flickr here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the SBS world news report on the rally below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0ZozziuzTQM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SBS WRD rally 2012\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ZozziuzTQM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Or see some Youtube footage from the rally here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"27xC_ooyAzo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Refugee Day Rally - SYDNEY 2012\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27xC_ooyAzo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rally endorsments included: Labor for Refugees, Chilout, NSW Greens, Refugee Action Coalition, MUA Sydney branch, Friends of the Earth Sydney, National Tertiary Education Union (University of Sydney Branch), NSW Teachers Federation, Bahraini Australian Youth Movement<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/wrd-2012-rally-poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See the rally poster design<\/strong> here<\/a> or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/237010809737159\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Facebook event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all those who made it to this year&#8217;s World Refugee Day rally on Sunday June 24, marking 20 years since mandatory detention began. 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