{"id":882,"date":"2011-04-26T04:38:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T04:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=882"},"modified":"2011-04-26T04:38:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T04:38:16","slug":"forum-eyewitnesses-from-inside-australias-remote-detention-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Forum: Eyewitnesses from inside Australia&#8217;s remote detention camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>6pm Monday, May 9, NSW Teachers\u2019 Federation Building,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 23\u201333 Mary St Surry Hills, walking distance from Central Station<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This public forum will hear reports from recent visitors to Australia\u2019s remote detention network. On the Easter weekend, about 60 refugee activists traveled for over two days <a href=\"http:\/\/converge2011.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">by bus to the Curtin detention camp<\/a> in remote outback WA, as more than 300 asylum seekers staged a hunger strike and sit-in. Sydney RAC members <strong>Ian Rintoul<\/strong>, <strong>Jemima Mowbray<\/strong> and <strong>Julian Gormly<\/strong> were there.<br \/>\nIn a separate visit, <strong>Jo Hind from Chil-Out<\/strong> has inspected conditions on Christmas Island. This public forum will hear eyewitness accounts from these trips. Just what are conditions like in Australia\u2019s remote detention camps, far from the media spotlight and community contacts possible in the metropolitan centres?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6pm Monday, May 9, NSW Teachers\u2019 Federation Building, 23\u201333 Mary St Surry Hills, walking distance from Central Station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-past-actions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Refugee Rights\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" 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