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ANOTHER ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AT DARWIN’S AIRPORT LODGE
A Tamil asylum seeker has been taken to hospital after attempting suicide by hanging in the early of hours of this morning, at the Darwin Airport Lodge detention facility.
Around 12.30 am this (Thursday) morning, the man who has been in detention for 27 months, was [...]
Leonora 2012, Day 1.
Between the 26th and the 29th of January 2012, the Refugee Rights Action Network went to Leonora to visit the 160 unaccompanied children that the Australian Government has locked up, by themselves, in immigration detention. When we arrived there, we were told by Serco that they had explained who we are [...]
Friday 17th of February at 6.30 PM.
Wesley Uniting Church Hall, Level 1, 97 William Street, Perth
Over the Australia Day long weekend in 2012, the Refugee Rights Action Network took a bus and 40 people to the Leonora Detention Centre. This event will give feedback on our experiences and impressions from [...]
Around 40 refugee supporters from the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN) travelling to Leonora this weekend have been shocked to discover children who have been in detention for over a year when they visited the remote Western Australian detention centre.
Around 140 unaccompanied minors have been moved in recent weeks from Christmas Island and Darwin [...]
By Alex Bainbridge, from http://socialistallianceperth.blogspot.com/2012/01/serco-lies-again.html. Video by Zeb Parkes.
Almost 40 refugee activists travelled the twelve hour journey from Perth to Leonora to visit refugees and protest mandatory detention at the Leonora Detention Centre on the “Australia Day” weekend.
Prior to departure, activists were informed that their booking at the local caravan park had [...]
By Kirsty Needham, Sydney Morning Herald. From http://www.smh.com.au/national/without-hope-without-reason-20120113-1pzei.html.
Legitimate refugees, including toddlers, are imprisoned indefinitely. Only ASIO knows why and it will tell no one, writes Kirsty Needham.
“I live like a dead man walking,” says Suvenran Kathirdamathambi, or “Sutha”, 32. “This is supposed to be the golden period in anyone’s life – [...]
Due to the size of our regular meetings, RRAN is moving its Monday night meetings to the offices of Unions WA, Level 4, 445 Hay Street, Perth WA 6000. For more details, send us a message via our Contact page, or call/text us on 0417 904 329.
We would also like to thank the Hellenic [...]
By Kirsty Needham, The Age (and an interesting follow-on from this post on our website. Ed). From http://www.theage.com.au/national/detention-officer-stood-down-after-wifebeater-comments-20120110-1ptib.html
Serco, the company that runs immigration detention, has stood down an officer who posted Facebook comments saying Muslim children in detention didn’t deserve Christmas presents and male detainees taught their children it was acceptable to [...]
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RRAN Meetings
RRAN is currently meeting every Monday from 6.30pm at Unions WA, Level 4, 445 Hay Street, Perth WA 6000. For more details, send us a message via our Contact page, or call/text us on 0417 904 329.Coming Events
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Events on 13 February 2012- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 13 February 2012 - 8:00 pmLocation: Unions WA, 445 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Events on 20 February 2012- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 20 February 2012 - 8:00 pmLocation: Unions WA, 445 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Events on 27 February 2012- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 27 February 2012 - 8:00 pmLocation: Unions WA, 445 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
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