http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/484/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/05/29/melbourne-couple-opens-fair-trade-cafe-with-asylum-seeker-staff <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Melbourne couple opens fair trade cafe with asylum seeker staff</strong></p> <p>From the Art is chuffed to announce the opening of a social enterprise cafe and retail shop in just a few short months’ time. In the meantime, owners Crystal Fickers and Trishay Trada are running a crowdfunding campaign to fund the start-up.</p> <p>Located in Ashwood, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, From the Art will serve up specialty organic tea and coffee from a sustainable fair trade source. Every cup of coffee will support STREAT, a local organisation working to end youth homelessness.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/homeless">homeless</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/fair-trade">fair trade</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/coffee">coffee</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/caf">Café</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hospitality">Hospitality</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/crowdfunding">crowdfunding</a></div></div></div> Fri, 29 May 2015 08:38:37 +0000 Anonymous 16495 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/05/23/stop-the-refoulement-of-sri-lankan-tamil-asylum-seekers <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Melbourne 22 May 2013: The Australian government has separated 14 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, 4 men, 3 women and 6 children (including a 6 month old baby), who arrived by boat and were detained in a remote immigration detention centre in Christmas Island from other asylum seekers and have informed them that:</p> <p>a/ They are not going to be allowed to make an application for asylum.<br /> b/. They are going to be forcibly deported to Sri Lanka.</p> <p>They will be taken by force to a military plane and flown to Sri Lanka at 9.30 am Christmas Island time (12.30pm Melbourne time)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria">Victoria</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/tamil">Tamil</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refoulement">refoulement</a></div></div></div> Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:29 +0000 Anonymous 11063 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/04/28/refugee-advocates-rally-to-support-refugees-in-immigration-limbo-at-broadmeadows <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Over 300 people gathered to support the 55 asylum seekers in immigration detention at the Broadmeadows Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) Centre, organised by the <a href="http://rac-vic.org/" rel="nofollow">Refugee Action Collective (Victoria)</a>. 55 asylum seekers have refugee status but are in immigration limbo as they have adverse security assessments from ASIO with no right of appeal or ability to question ASIO's sources. More than 30 of these people are locked up at Broadmeadows, some for more than 4 years, with no end in sight.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugees">refugees</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/mandatory-detention">mandatory detention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asio">ASIO</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/broadmeadows">Broadmeadows</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee-action-collective">Refugee Action Collective</a></div></div></div> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:18:32 +0000 takver 10864 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/05/14/tamil-refugee-from-the-oceanic-viking-attempts-suicide-overnight <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>RAC Press Release - 14/5/2012</i> A Tamil man who was on the Oceanic Viking has attempted suicide in Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in Broadmeadows overnight. Jasee is the third Tamil with a negative ASIO security clearance to try and take his own life this month. Tamils in this situation face a life of indefinite detention, unable to be returned to Sri Lanka as they have been recognised as refugees, but the Immigration Department refuse to release genuine refugees if they have unappealable negative security clearances from ASIO.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australias-mandatory-detention">Australia&#039;s Mandatory Detention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asio-security-clearance">ASIO security clearance</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/self-harm-0">self-harm</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 May 2012 07:45:15 +0000 Anonymous 6060 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/01/21/sos-for-refugees-vigil-at-broadmeadows-gives-hope-to-those-detained <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> 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.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugees">refugees</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hunger-strike">hunger strike</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asio">ASIO</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/vigil">vigil</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/broadmeadows">Broadmeadows</a></div></div></div> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:07:34 +0000 takver 5091 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/09/10/asylum-seeker-policy-what-will-be-the-result <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Let us face it, it is not illegal to seek asylum in another country. On 31st of August, the High Court of Australia ruled the “Malaysia Solution” as simply invalid and unlawful; which demonstrated public expression of relief when this outcome was announced. However, it led to a game by which the government had to find a different direction to run from this issue.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/malaysia-solution">Malaysia Solution</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/pacific-solution">Pacific solution</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker-policy">Asylum seeker policy</a></div></div></div> Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:37:59 +0000 Kopilalai 4076 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/05/08/refugee-groups-oppose-gillard%E2%80%99s-offshore-%E2%80%98solutions%E2%80%99-in-malaysia-and-png <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> <em>Refugee Action Coalition media release detailing immediate concerns with MALAYSIAN SOLUTION.</em></p> <p><a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/09/labor-politicians-see-gillard-and-alp-diminished-by-malaysian-refugee-solution" rel="nofollow">Also on this issue.</a></p> <p>Julia Gillard's announcement of a deal to send asylum seekers attempting to arrive in Australia by boat to Malaysia is just the latest chapter in Australia's attempts to dodge its international obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention on Refugees, according to the Refugee Action Coalition. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/malaysia">Malaysia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/png">PNG</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/manus-island">Manus Island</a></div></div></div> Sun, 08 May 2011 02:44:01 +0000 Anonymous 3283 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/04/23/villawood-protest-on-anzac-day-%E2%80%93-demanding-a-fair-go-for-refugees <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>Refugee Action Coalition Press Release 23/4/2011</i>Wayne Swan is wrong to criticize Monday’s planned refugee rights protest at Villawood detention centre, refugee supporters say. Following this week’s unrest at Villawood, refugee rights advocates will stage a mass show of support for Villawood detainees on Easter Monday, 25 April. The 25th is also Anzac Day. Refugee supporters will meet at Chester Hill station at 12 noon, before marching to the Gurney Rd side of the detention centre for a rally in support of detainees.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales/sydney">Sydney</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee-action-coalition">Refugee Action Coalition</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/villawood-detention-centre">Villawood Detention Centre</a></div></div></div> Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:20:12 +0000 Anonymous 3178 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/10/31/bd-news-australian-pm-seeks-support-from-asian-leaders-for-asylum-centre-in-timor-leste <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Update on Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste (31 Oct 10)</p> <p>BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm</a></p> <p>Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html</a></p> <p>Sentru Prosesamentu ba Refujiadu iha Timor-Leste ka lae?:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/tetunasylum.html" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/tetunasylum.html</a></p> <p>Um Centro de Processamento de Refugiados em Timor-Leste?:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/portasylum.html" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/portasylum.html</a></p> <p>31 October 2010 </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugees">refugees</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seekers">asylum seekers</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australian-government">australian government</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/east-timor">East Timor</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/timor">timor</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/timor-leste">Timor-Leste</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/timor-lorosae">Timor Lorosae</a></div></div></div> Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:08:51 +0000 Back Door e-news on Timor-Leste 1997 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/10/13/bd-news-responses-in-timor-leste-to-australias-asylum-seeker-plans <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Update on Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste</p> <p>BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm</a></p> <p>Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:<br /> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html" rel="nofollow">http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html</a></p> <p>13 October 2010</p> <p>A collection of articles and news items about Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal to establish a processing centre in East Timor for people seeking asylum in Australia.</p> <p>Please find below the latest 17 articles from the website. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australian-government">australian government</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/east-timor">East Timor</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/timor-leste">Timor-Leste</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/timor-lorosae">Timor Lorosae</a></div></div></div> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:38:14 +0000 Back Door e-news on Timor-Leste 1891 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/09/28/canberra-refugee-protest-outside-parliament <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Refugee advocates protested today on the lawns outside Parliament House, Canberra, to call on the new federal parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs.</p> <p>About 150 people from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra, carrying endorsements from over 48 groups across Australia, gathered at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/act/canberra">Canberra</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugees">refugees</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/mandatory-detention">mandatory detention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/offshore-processing">offshore processing</a></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:27:04 +0000 Anonymous 1814 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/05/10/australians-form-human-lifesaving-rings-for-refugees <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Over the weekend Australian refugee supporters attended 'Human Lifesaving ring' events in cities around Australia to send a clear message to politicians: asylum seekers should not be used as political pawns. The events were organised by Amnesty International, Get Up, Refugee and asylum seeker support groups, union and church groups.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales/sydney">Sydney</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/amnesty-international">Amnesty International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/union">union</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/tamil">Tamil</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hazara">Hazara</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aphedra">APHEDRA</a></div></div></div> Mon, 10 May 2010 01:10:43 +0000 takver 1128 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/04/18/rudd-government-to-reopen-human-rights-hellhole <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Refugee and Human Rights advocates are in shock at the Rudd Government announcement that Curtin, the Howard era hellhole is to be reopened. Curtin Detention Centre was the worst of Australia's hellholes. It was the most secret, most isolsted and the most brutal. Curtin is 28 hours by road from Perth. It is 1/2 hour by road from Derby and 6 hours from Port Hedland. The Rudd government may think that they can detain and hide people in an isolated hellhole but they underestimate the decency and determination of the human rights community in Australia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/western-australia">Western Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugees">refugees</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/detention">detention</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/curtin">Curtin</a></div></div></div> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:55:57 +0000 Anonymous 1018 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2009/11/06/unions-and-refugee-advocates-call-for-humane-response-on-refugee-stand-off-aboard-oceanic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="http://indymedia.org.au/files/death_in_sri_lanka20091102.jpg" width="150" alt="Photo by cactusdude666 on Flickr - Australia's Shame - Nov 2, 2009" align="right" /><br /> Refugee advocates and the Australian Union Movement have called on the Rudd Government to take the 78 Sri Lankans on the Oceanic Viking to Christmas Island where their claims as refugees and asylum seekers can be processed. Many of them have languished in Indonesian Immigration Detention for several years and already have been determined as refugees. They are refusing to leave the Australian Customs ship Oceanic Viking to go to the Tanjung Pinang Detention Centre resulting in a standoff between the Australian Government and the Indonesian Government.</p> <p> See also: <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/11/03/australia%E2%80%99s-refugee-resettlement-program-from-indonesia-grossly-inadequate">Australia's refugee resettlement program from Indonesia grossly inadequate</a> | <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/10/23/tell-kevin-rudd-respect-refugees%E2%80%99-rights">Tell Kevin Rudd: respect refugees’ rights</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia">indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/immigration">immigration</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/detention">detention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/oceanic-viking">Oceanic Viking</a></div></div></div> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:28:50 +0000 takver 521 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2009/11/03/australia%E2%80%99s-refugee-resettlement-program-from-indonesia-grossly-inadequate <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Once again we are witnessing a public hysteria building about asylum seeker boat people seeking the safety of a new home in Australia. A new report <em>‘<a href="http://indymedia.org.au/files/REPORTon Conditions in Indonesian Detention Centres.pdf">Behind Australian Doors: Examining the Conditions of Detention of Asylum Seekers in Indonesia</a>’</em> (PDF) describes poor conditions across many Indonesian immigration detention facilities. Produced by lawyer and refugee advocate Jessie Taylor, the report highlights cramped conditions, grossly inadequate hygiene and sanitation, rodent infestations, inadequate and inappropriate food, polluted water, and a lack of medical care available to asylum seekers. Pitifully few people from these camps are selected for resettlement in Australia with an average of 50 people per year achieving resettlement.</p> <p>Related: <a href="http://behindaustraliandoors.wordpress.com/">Behind Australian Doors Blog</a> | <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/11/03/help-bust-the-asylum-seeker-myths-on-melbourne-cup-day">Help bust the asylum seeker myths on Melbourne Cup day</a> | <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/10/23/tell-kevin-rudd-respect-refugees%E2%80%99-rights">Tell Kevin Rudd: respect refugees’ rights</a> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia">indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/immigration">immigration</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/christmas-island">Christmas Island</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/detention">detention</a></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:45:12 +0000 takver 517 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal