{"id":3160,"date":"2014-03-07T16:43:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T05:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2015-03-21T15:21:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:21:58","slug":"palm-sunday-rally-and-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3160","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday rally success"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 3000 people turned out in appalling weather in Sydney to demand an end to the horror the Abbott government is inflicting on asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island, and call for an end to refugee detention.\u00a0View photos and video here.
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\nSee\u00a0media reports on the rally<\/strong>\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were rallies around the country that drew 8000 people in Melbourne, 2000 in Canberra and hundreds more in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0watch video reports<\/strong>\u00a0from the\u00a0Sydney rally here<\/a>, from\u00a0Canberra here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more\u00a0photos from the Sydney rally<\/strong>\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(from photographer Jaroslaw L Gasiorek) and from\u00a0Melbourne rally here<\/a>. Photos at right by\u00a0Jaroslaw L Gasiorek and Andrew Kalpage.<\/p>\n

View more photos and video on the\u00a0Facebook event here<\/a><\/p>\n

Speakers included:<\/strong>
\nPhil Glendenning<\/strong> (Refugee Council of Australia, Edmund Rice Centre)
\nFiras Naji<\/strong> (Arab Council Australia)
\nMuhammed Kamal Hussein<\/strong> (Hazara refugee)
\nSally McManus<\/strong> (Australian Services Union NSW\/ACT Branch)
\nSr Susan Connelly<\/strong> (Sisters of St Joseph)<\/p>\n

DONATE: Make a direct deposit or send a cheque to Sydney Peace & Justice Coalition, PO Box K941, Haymarket NSW 1240. BSB: 082-024 Account Number: 56 140 1082<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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