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Friday Morning Bus Departing 10.00am from the southern end of the East Perth Terminal building (next to the foot bridge’s ramp on the western side of the East Perth train station, off Summers Street if you’re coming by car). Drop-off on Mitchell Avenue in front of the detention centre (see map). Police will stop traffic for [...]
To help people plan their convergence weekend, we’ve put together the following timetable. Note that buses to Northam will be leaving from the southern end of the East Perth Terminal building (next to the foot bridge’s ramp on the western side of the East Perth train station, off Summers Street if you’re coming by car).
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Refugee rights groups from around the country will be converging on Yongah Hill Detention Centre (Northam, WA) on the ANZAC day long weekend, 2013, to protest against the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
We have seen politicians engage in a race to the bottom in refugee policy. With the re-introduction of offshore processing and [...]
Yongah Hill Convergence: 26–28 April 2013
Refugee rights groups from around the country will be converging on the Yongah Hill Detention Centre this ANZAC Day long weekend to protest against the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
We have seen politicians engage in a race to the bottom in refugee policy. With the re-introduction of [...]
Hi everyone, my name is P***11, that’s what I used to be called in the detention, P***11. Being next to this detention centre just reminded me of how I was in the Christmas Island Detention. I don’t know which words should I use to describe that experience…should I use terrible? It was really -
very, [...]
RRAN will be holding a film fundraiser on the 14th of September, 6:30pm at Level 1, 97 William St, Perth.
We will be screening the documentary Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea which explores the circumstances in which people try to find a people smuggler and embark on the perilous journey to Australia [...]
The Refugee Rights Action Network joined other activists from all around the country, this Easter weekend in Darwin – a place which has progressively become the detention capital of Australia. Activists from Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney were among those attending, this included three ex-detainees – three men from Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka who [...]
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RRAN Meetings
RRAN is currently meeting on Mondays from 6.30pm at the Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen Street, Perth (just north of the McIver Train Station). For more details, send us a message via our Contact page, or call/text us on 0417 904 329.RRAN Projects
Coming Events
« May 2013 » S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events on 6 May 2013- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 6 May 2013 - 8:00 pmLocation: Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Events on 13 May 2013- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 13 May 2013 - 8:00 pmLocation: Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Events on 20 May 2013- RRAN Weekly MeetingStarts: 6:30 pmEnds: 20 May 2013 - 8:00 pmLocation: Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
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Leonora Convergence 2012 Report back
Over the weekend of the 26th-29th of January 2012, RRAN went on its third trip to the Leonora Immigration Detention Centre to visit the children that are being detained there by the Australian government.
On the 17th of February, we shared our experiences and observations at a public forum. This is a recording of that [...]