{"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":"<p>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.<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3232\" title=\"Palm Sunday web1\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3233\" title=\"Palm Sunday web2\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3237\" title=\"Palm Sunday web 4\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3235\" title=\"Palm Sunday web 3\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palm-Sunday-web-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSee\u00a0<strong>media reports on the rally<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.smh.com.au\/breaking-news-national\/apology-to-refugees-will-come-protesters-20140413-36l6o.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/apr\/13\/asylum-seekers-thousands-rally-in-protest-against-governments-policies\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/churchgoers-activists-come-together-for-walk-for-justice-for-refugees-rally-20140413-36l07.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>You can\u00a0<strong>watch video reports<\/strong>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ui448grZxYg\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney rally here<\/a>, from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-04-13\/thousands-rally-in-support-of-refugees\/5387042\" target=\"_blank\">Canberra here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See more\u00a0<strong>photos from the Sydney rally<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jaroslaw-gasiorek.photoshelter.com\/gallery\/Declare-Peace-on-Refugees-Palm-Sunday-Rally-and-March-Sydney-13-04-14\/G0000KHbFYjp8qRo\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0(from photographer Jaroslaw L Gasiorek) and from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/116548724%40N07\/sets\/72157643878667794\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne rally here<\/a>. Photos at right by\u00a0Jaroslaw L Gasiorek and Andrew Kalpage.<\/p>\n<p>View more photos and video on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1492369754323235\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers included:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phil Glendenning<\/strong> (Refugee Council of Australia, Edmund Rice Centre)<br \/>\n<strong>Firas Naji<\/strong> (Arab Council Australia)<br \/>\n<strong>Muhammed Kamal Hussein<\/strong> (Hazara refugee)<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Sally McManus<\/strong> (Australian Services Union NSW\/ACT Branch)<br \/>\n<strong>Sr Susan Connelly<\/strong> (Sisters of St Joseph)<\/p>\n<p>DONATE: Make a direct deposit or send a cheque to Sydney Peace &amp; Justice Coalition, PO Box K941, Haymarket NSW 1240. BSB: 082-024 Account Number: 56 140 1082<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":3235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-past-actions"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/311091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}