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The Judge is wrong - Tell it to Malala, to Soraya, to the many dead and tortured

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 23/10/2012 - 10:07am

Judge Stephen Scott during sentencing of an Iranian-Australian (to 14 years) for his role in assisting Asylum Seekers to our shores (others mistakenly ill-define this as 'people-smuggling') said that there were greater risks for Asylum Seekers fleeing by boat than there are in if they remained in the country they were fleeing from.

The sentenced man was jailed for his part in several voyages in assisting people to Asylum, one which tragically ended in the 2010 Christmas Island disaster where thereabouts 50 people drowned.

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Australian government authorises forced interrogation of refugees

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/08/2012 - 5:14pm

By Mike Head 9 August 2012 Reposted from WSWS Australia’s Labor government has given the go ahead for forced interrogations of asylum seekers who have arrived in the country by boat. Australian Crime Commission (ACC) chief executive John Lawler told the Australian this week that his agency has already conducted 31 compulsory questioning sessions in the past 18 months and plans to hold more before the end of the year.

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ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempts suicide - second in one month

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/05/2012 - 4:45pm

RAC Press Release> Fellow detainees rescued a Tamil refugee who had attempted suicide by hanging from a roof beam at Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre at 1.30 am this (Friday) morning.

The Tamil refugee, the first Tamil to receive a negative ASIO finding had been in detention for 37 months. He was taken to hospital by ambulance, unconscious and with a weak pulse. His present condition is not known. The refugee is in his early thirties.

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International Day of action against Serco, report-back from Sydney.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/03/2012 - 8:23pm

On Friday 9th of March in response to a call for an international day of action against Serco, a corporation running government services from juvenile and adult prisons to immigrant detention centres, to army bases in Afghanistan, to speed cameras in Victoria, and soon the Sydney Ferry system.

Demonstrations were held in London, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, where a number of cordinated demonstrations were held throughout the day.

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To get the justice done, the splintered, shard-like "left" needs to coalesce

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 11:32pm

Gerry Georgatos

The compassionate left wing screams for social justice and argues for our governments and society's institutions to have a heart and help people from the bottom end up, and to desist with the proposition that they can achieve for the downtrodden by working from the top end of town and down.

The bona fide left wing is fractious and forever splintering and yet it calls out for groundswells of people power to coalesce in mass social movements which will give rise to cultural waves.

Afghan mass hunger strike at Pointville

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 24/01/2012 - 3:22pm

LONG TERM AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS STAGE MASS HUNGER STRIKE AT PONTVILLE : THREE HOSPITALISED

Frustrations over the Immigration department’s reneging on promises of community detention and bridging visas for long term detainees have spilled over to the Pontville detention centre in Tasmania.

Around 150, more than half of the Afghan asylum seekers at Pontville detention centre in Tasmania are now involved in a hunger strike. The asylum seekers have been in detention between 15 and 33 months.

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Turn back the boats

Submitted by Noel Conway on Sat, 21/01/2012 - 8:17pm

The Opposition under Tony Abbott if they win election have a very clear policy to Turn Back the Boats. This goes beyond the idea of off shore processing or temporary visas, it means refugees will no longer be able to land on our shores. If anyone thinks that there is not a clear distinction between Labour an dthe Liberal Pary on this issue read this article. The Liberal's are turning back th eclock and entering very murky waters, they will rip up work choices, aband

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SOS for refugees - Vigil at Broadmeadows gives hope to those detained

Submitted by takver on Sat, 21/01/2012 - 12:07pm

About 50 people attended a peaceful vigil in solidarity with refugees, held outside the immigration detention centre on Camp Road, Broadmeadows in Melbourne's northern suburbs on Wednesday evening, January 18, 2012.

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Concern for Iranian refugees on hunger strike in Broadmeadows Detention Centre

Submitted by benjaminsolah on Mon, 16/01/2012 - 2:09pm

Refugee activists have raised concerns for the welfare of two Iranian refugees currently on hunger strike in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accomodation centre in Broadmeadows, after one refugee, on hunger strike now for 6 days, was found lying by the fence.

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Candle-lit vigil and performance for refugees in detention over Christmas

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 8:05pm

On Thursday, December 15, the Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) held a vigil and performative action to remember over 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees that will languish in immigration detention over Christmas. Supporters and activists, and passers-by helped to light the 4,000 candles and keep them alight over a few hours as musicians performed and passers-by stopped to talk to us about the issue, and sign petitions to stop the deportation of a Hazara asylum seeker, Ismail.

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