Journey for Justice: An account of our trip to the Leonora Detention Centre
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 […]
Video by Zeb Parkes, photos by Tristan Kewe
Following a day of stage managed and heavily censored visits for just a small number of the imprisoned teenagers, RRAN members climb up the fence of Leonora detention centre to throw tennis balls with messages of hope and to wave and ‘high five’ the young guys inside! Their look of […]
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 […]
Serco lies again: Day 1 at Leonora
By Alex Bainbridge, from . 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 been […]
Photos: Anti-deportation Action at Perth IDC
Photos from the Anti-deportation actions at Perth Detention Centre on the 12th and 13th of December, 2011. From http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebparkes/sets/72157628386492759:
Deportations avoided as second High Court injunction is granted
Following on from yesterday’s High Court injunction, we have had another small victory today with confirmation of the second injunction coming through earlier this morning.
In the short term, this means that these two Tamil men will not face deportation until after their cases are heard in the new year; in the longer term, though, […]
Earlier today (Friday), the Federal Magistrates Court dismissed the first of the applications; in response to this, papers were filed with the High Court and a request was made to the Solicitor General requesting their deportation be delayed until the matter is heard some time next year. The outcome of the other case is expected […]
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
The Boys Locked Up At Leonora
By Tierri Abraham, New Matilda. From http://newmatilda.com/2012/01/31/boys-locked-leonora
Chris Bowen promised to release women and children asylum seekers into community detention in 2010 but 160 boys remain in the remote Leonora centre. This is what they told refugee activists who visited on the weekend.
Pressure from a group of teenage detainees inside the Leonora Immigration […]