{"id":953,"date":"2011-05-17T02:12:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T02:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=953"},"modified":"2011-05-17T02:12:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T02:12:26","slug":"world-refugee-day-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=953","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s time to end mandatory detention<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rally and march <\/span><\/strong>
\n12pm Sunday June 19<\/span><\/strong>
\nSydney Town hall<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Refugee Day Rally is being organised by a broad range of refugee activist and advocacy groups, including ChilOut, Labor for Refugees, Balmain for Refugees, the Edmund Rice Centre, the NSW Greens, the Refugee Action Coalition, unions and others.<\/p>\n

We are inviting everyone who supports refugee rights to come together and rally on World Refugee Day, Sunday June 19 to make it clear to the government:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to END Mandatory DETENTION!<\/p>\n

Click “Read more” for how you can help to build the rally<\/strong> or email jemima.mowbray [at] sydney.edu.au for info<\/p>\n

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Help us build the rally:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Download an A4 poster here<\/a> that you can print out and stick up at work or near home<\/p>\n

2. Talk to your friends and family and neighbours and work colleagues about World Refugee Day rally and invite them along! Forward this email or invite your friends to the Facebook event http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=114824025268671<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Ask us for flyers and posters to distribute in your workplace, campus or local area. Call Jemima 0433 584 050 or email jemima.mowbray [at] sydney.edu.au<\/p>\n

Endorsed by:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AID\/WATCH, Australian Council for International Development, Australian Council for International Development, Australian Tamil Congress, Balmain for Refugees, Bathurst Refugee Support Group, Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group, Braidwood Greens, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, ChilOut, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (NSW), Cross Border Collective, David Shoebridge (MLC, Greens), Dr Claudia Tazreiter, UNSW, Edmund Rice Centre, Eva Cox (Research Fellow, Jumbunna, UTS), Fairfield Liverpool Greens, Friends of the Earth, Sydney, Greens NSW, Inner Sydney Greens, Jamie Parker, MP, Greens (Member for Balmain), Justice John S. Purdy, Labor 4 Refugees (NSW), Lake Macquarie Greens, Marie Coleman, Women\u2019s Advocate (Senior Australian of the Year 2011), Maritime Union of Australia, Sydney Branch, Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW, Muslim Youth of Sydney, National Tertiary Education Union NSW, Newcastle Greens, Northern Beaches Greens, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Paramatta Greens, Refugee Action Coalition, NSW, South Sydney Greens, Student Environment Activist Network – NSW & ACT (SEAN), Sydney Peace Foundation, Tweed Greens, University of Sydney, Sydney University Anti-Racism Collective, Union Aid Abroad\/APHEDA, UNSW AntiRacism Club, UNSW Student Representative Council, UTS Anti-Racism Collective<\/p>\n

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As World Refugee Day 2011 approaches, it is all too clear that the current Labor government has continued the anti-refugee policies of the Howard era. The need for a public presence on the streets of Sydney is as great now as it was then:<\/p>\n