Students at the University of Western Australia conducted a rooftop protest against mandatory detention on Tuesday, the 13th of September. The students chose this form of protest to show solidarity with refugees in detention who protest in this way becuase they have few options to voice their grievences. The students also object to offshore processing […]
Leonora – Caravan of Compassion II
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Leonora – Caravan of Compassion II
Dates: Friday 21st of January to Sunday […]
Asylum seekers break-out of Christmas Island Detention Centre
Reports from asylum seekers on Christmas Island indicate that at least 150 asylum seekers, believed to be mostly Iranian, have broken out of Christmas Island detention centre.
All Serco guards have withdrawn from the detention compound and are believed to be searching for the escaped detainees.
The […]
Govt Criticised for Hard-hearted Response to Asylum Seekers
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 9 Mar 2011
Bishop Christopher Saunders, chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC) is dismayed at the Gillard Government’s decision to build a 1500 bed detention centre on the outskirts of Darwin.
Bishop Saunders who met with the Council […]
Dear People,
We need support to get more childrens wheelchairs to Iraq, and more.
Recently, I put out a fiund raising call for assistance so we could transport childrens wheelchairs to Iraq – we had intended they leave for Iraq in late November however after raising more than $4,000 sooner than expected we have organised […]
From http://www.asrc.org.au/media/documents/malaysia-people-swap-mythbuster.pdf
In a joint statement with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on May 7, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an agreement had been reached to swap 800 future irregular maritime arrivals from Australia with 4000 UNHCR recognised refugees from Malaysia over the next four years.1 Although the details of […]
Update on the Dictionaries for Detainees Project – by Sally
Website: http://dictionariesfordetainees.com
Dear Friends of RRAN, It has been a busy six months for D4Ds! The response from the Australian community and from the people being detained has been quite extraordinary.
Thanks to your donations, over 120 people detained in Leonora, Curtin and Perth […]
standing at these fabricated
concrete mindsets
taking set shots at the blue bloc
behind the helmets
behind the shields
behind the barriers
they stand with tiny tears
at the corners of their eyes
and realise that
despite the tang of salt
this […]
RRAN Meetings
RRAN WA and Fremantle RRAN meet the first Monday of the month at 6.30pm at the Boorloo Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen Street, Perth (just north of the McIver Train Station or online via Jitsi. For more details, send us a message via our Contact RRAN WA page, or call/text us on 0412 860 168. Contact Fremantle RRAN