The Socialist Equality Party warmly invites you to a special screening of The Princess of Montpensier directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette.
Stop Deportations to Danger!
End Mandatory Detention!
No to offshore processing
On July 25, Dayan Anthony, a Tamil refugee, was deported to Sri Lanka against his will from the Maribyrnong Detention Centre. On arrival at Colombo airport he was handed over to the Sri Lankan intelligence service who interrogated him for 16 hours before forcing him to recant claims of torture under duress at a press conference. He and his family now live in fear of their lives.
Tuesday, August 21
High speed Internet porn: any age, 24/7 access, 1.3 billion pages, unlimited genres, multiple screens. What does it all mean?
Speaker:
Margarita Windisch (lecturer at Victoria University & feminist activist)
6:30pm (meal from 6pm)
Organised by Socialist Alliance.
On Friday 17th August, in response to the UK Government threats against the Ecuadorean Embassy and there refusal to allow Assange safe passage to Ecuador where he has been given political asylum, a protest was held at the UK Consulate in Melbourne. Three protestors entered the consulate and tried to talk to staff about the treatment of Assange. Staff hid from the protestors and Federal Police and local police entered the Consulate. One protestor was arrested when he tried to bring water to those inside the Consulate. The video's below give a good account of what happened on the day.
Public meeting: Australia's newest refugees, find out about Burma's Rohingya people
Monday, August 20
The Rohingya are an oppressed, stateless Muslim people from Burma. The Burmese military have long oppressed Rohingyas and have committed ethnic cleansing to prevent the creation of a Rohingyan state. In order to avoid further persecution, many have take a risky boat journey to Australia. This forum will look at why.
12:30pm
Organised by RMIT Resistance club & Socialist Alliance
For more info ph 9639 8622
UK Consulate is open tomorrow- Friday- 10 til 12:30, then 1:30 til 4pm, according to their website.
Newsletter date: 14 August 2012
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 13 events from 14 August 2012
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Fri 10 - Sun 26 August 2012: Darwin, NT
Official Opening Fri 10 Aug
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographer Jagath Dheerasekara, human rights defender
This traveling exhibition is a collaborative project with
* the Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owners,
* the Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) and
* Amnesty International.
Presented by the Environment Centre NT
in association with Darwin Festival
Refugee Action Collective Victoria - Media Release - 13/8/2012The expert panel on asylum seekers and offshore processing has [ignored the opposition to offshore processing in the overwhelming majority of submissions it received and] recommended policies to the government, the vast majority of which undermine refugee rights, and the spirit of the 1951 refugee convention
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author: Chrisentiae
date: Saturday 11 August 2012
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne University media and communications undergraduate student Sasha Burden, completed an internship with the Herald Sun for two weeks. She wrote of her experiences in the university magazine, Farrago, page 27. (1)
The Age newspaper wrote about this in their article headed: Article pits Hun against student intern. (2)
The Herald Sun responded by complaining to Melbourne University and publicly going on the attack of the university student.
Key findings of the university student included (3):
