Asylum seekers protest

Mass hunger strike as protests spread to Scherger Dentention Centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 22/07/2011 - 6:37am

Refugee Action Coalition Statement: 21 July 2011 Around 60 Hazara asylum seekers in the far north Queensland Scherger detention centre have begun a hunger strike this morning, Thursday 21 July. Many more people are expected to join the hunger strike as the day goes on.

Many of the Hazaras have been in detention for between18 and 22 months, and are waiting for Federal Magistrates Court judicial review of failed appeals.

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Queensland
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Australia's Mandatory Detention

Asylum seeker protestors disrupt Chris Bowen's speech at University of NSW

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 19/06/2011 - 1:08pm

On June 17th, refugee and asylum seeker advocates stormed a speech by Federal ALP Minister for Immigration Chris Bowen at the University of NSW. About 30 protestors forced their way past security and were able to heckle and interupt Chris Bowen's speech for over 10 minutes before police back up came to eject them. The protestors labelled PM Gillard and the Malaysian solution as racist. My favourite was the protestor dressed as a cow carrying the placard "End human live exports to Malaysia!!

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Sydney
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Account of latest repression of asylum seekers on Christmas Island

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/06/2011 - 6:14pm

The article below is from the WSWS website and gives an account of the extreme police violence used against the latest protests on Christmas Island and gives a background to the cruel policies that have caused these and other demonstrations by asylum seekers.

Police attack protesting refugees at Australia’s Christmas Island

By Will Morrow
13 June 2011

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Australia
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Christmas Island Detention Centre

16 human rights activists arrested outside Curtin IDC

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 25/04/2011 - 7:56am

RRAN Press Release 24.4.2011 16 Refugee Rights Action Network protesters were arrested today. Six of the group were issued with move on notices - none were charged. All of the protesters have now moved on and will be spending the night in Derby before heading back to Perth. The Refugee Rights Action Network were protesting in solidarity with those inside who had requested on Thursday, via a 700 signatory letter, that a delegation from RRAN be allowed to enter the Curtin IDC in order to observe conditions inside the centre.
Related: Photos by Alex Bainbridge on Picasa -- Footage of arrests on Youtube

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Western Australia
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