The hunger strike at Villawood has ended on Sunday March 13–below is the text below of a letter sent by the strikers to the Immigration Department to inform them.<\/p>\n
Villawood IDC
\n15 Birmingham Avenue
\nVillawood
\n13 March 2011<\/p>\n
Deputy Director – IMA
\nVillawood IDC
\nVillawood NSW<\/p>\n
Dear Sir,<\/p>\n
Concluding the fasting vigil<\/p>\n
We, Thillainathan Suthakaran, Kokilakumar Subramaniyam and Suvendran Kathirkamaththamby, are writing to inform you that we are concluding our fast on 13 March 20^11, which started on 1 March 2011.<\/p>\n
We came to this decision, following numerous requests from our wide range of well-wishers in the Tamil community and the greater Australian community. Their continuing understanding and their support for our struggle to lead a productive life in this world give us a confidence that something positive will happen for us soon. We want to show our good will and give a chance to the Department of immigration to take necessary actions.<\/p>\n
Our well-wishers include individuals and community organisations. We thank them all for their care and kindness during this difficult time.<\/p>\n
We particularly thank the legal professionals, who intend to represent us in our struggle and made a passionate request to finish our vigil. We wish to give their attempts a chance.<\/p>\n
We believe our requests for a timeframe to bring a solution are fair. We hope the Department of Immigration and ASIO would look at our cases, and make a favourable decision. As in the past we will continue to work with the Department.<\/p>\n
Regards,
\nThillainathan Suthakaran
\nKokilakumar Subramaniyam
\nSuvendran Kathirkamaththamby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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