{"id":375,"date":"2010-09-20T04:38:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T04:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.wordpress.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2010-09-20T04:38:47","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T04:38:47","slug":"nine-years-after-the-siev-x-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Rally Oct 23, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>STAND UP FOR REFUGEES PROTEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1pm Saturday October 23 @ Sydney Town hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Close all detention centres<\/strong><\/p>\n

No offshore processing<\/strong><\/p>\n

No deportations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speakers include:
\nLee Rhiannon (Greens Senator elect for NSW)
\nPhil Glendenning (Edmund Rice Centre)
\nSally McManus (NSW Secretary, Australian Services Union)
\nRiz Wakil (Hazara Afghan asylum seeker)
\nMichael Dudley (Psychiatrist and Chair of Suicide Prevention Australia)<\/p>\n

The Siev X was an Indonesian fishing boat that sank en route to Australia’s Christmas Island on 19 October 2001. Over 350 people drowned. At the time the Australian government was involved in “people smuggling ‘disruption’ operations” that included the sabotage of refugee boats. Siev X is a powerful reminder of what “stopping the boats” really means.<\/p>\n

Download an A4 pdf version of the poster for the rally to stick up at work or in your local area by clicking on this link<\/p>\n

Read more on the Siev X tragedy: Download the fact sheet at this link<\/a> or visit http:\/\/www.sievx.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For details of interstate rallies click on this item to view the full post<\/p>\n

MELBOURNE<\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Justice for refugees\u2014End mandatory detention<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n

2pm Sunday November 7, State Library (cnr Swanston and Latrobe Sts, City).<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have a new parliament, but the old, brutal policy of mandatory detention remains. We need to raise our voices and say enough<\/em>. It is time for a fundamental change in the way we treat asylum seekers. There are currently over 4600 people in detention centres, places that 2010 Australian of the Year, mental health advocate Pat McGorry, described as \u201cfactories for producing mental illness\u201d.<\/p>\n

The refugee movement is expecting humanitarian changes to refugee policy from the new parliament.<\/p>\n

For more information or to add your endorsement email refugeeadvocacynetwork@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Or contact Refugee Action Collective
\nwww.rac-vic.org<\/a><\/p>\n

BRISBANE<\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rally to commemorate Siev X<\/strong>
\nTake a stand for refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.30 pm, Friday October 22
\nKing George Square<\/p>\n

For details of rallies and events visit: http:\/\/www.rac-qld.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact Refugee Action Collective. Ph 3392 3843.<\/p>\n

PERTH<\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stand up for refugees protest<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:30 pm Saturday October 23 @ Department of Immigration and Citizenship offices
\nWellington Central – 836 Wellington St, West Perth<\/p>\n

* Close all detention centres
\n* No offshore processing
\n* No deportations<\/p>\n

Contact Refugee Rights Action Network for details www.rran.org<\/a><\/p>\n

CANBERRA<\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stand up for refugees protest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 23rd October 2010 1pm Petrie Plaza (near Merry-go-Round)<\/p>\n

Contact Refugee Action Committee Canberra for details www.refugeeaction.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 \u00a0 STAND UP FOR REFUGEES PROTEST \u00a0 1pm Saturday October 23 @ Sydney Town hall Close all detention centres No offshore processing No deportations Speakers include: Lee Rhiannon (Greens Senator elect for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"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-375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-past-actions"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","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=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}