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March to End the Mandatory Detention of Refugees
1pm Saturday, 16th of June 2012
corner of William and Hay Streets, Perth (outside the Wesley Uniting Church)
2012 marks 20 years since the policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers was introduced in Australia. This barbaric policy is at the core of the problem with [...]
The 6th of May, 2012, marks 20 years of mandatory detention without charge or trial in Australia. To mark this violation of human rights, the Refugee Rights Action Network organised a protest at the Perth Immigration Detention Centre (IDC). This is the summary of event.
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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 [...]
Perth Immigration Detention Centre (Perth Domestic Airport), corner Baker and McComb streets, 2.30pm Monday 9th April.
The Refugee Rights Action Network will be holding a protest at Perth Detention Centre as part of a national day of action across Australia.
Refugee rights activists will be protesting in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin and Brisbane — don’t miss [...]
Seven people from several Australian cities were arrested by Northern Territory police for trying to make contact with refugees inside the Wickham Point Detention Centre outside Darwin.
They were out at the remote site to show support to the 500 people locked up there for legally seeking asylum in Australia. The protest occurred the day [...]
RRAN is holding a BBQ on Sunday, April 5th at 12:30pm at the South-East corner of Hyde Park, near Glendower and Lake Streets, Perth. RRAN as an organisation has grown substantially branching out into the different campus’ groups. This is an opportunity for all the branches to get together to organise collectively and for newcomers to come along [...]
From April 6–9, refugee rights activists from around the country will be in Darwin to visit refugees detained here by the Australian government. It will mark 10 years since the refugee rights movement’s first Easter convergence at Woomera in 2002 and 20 years of mandatory detention policies.
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Hadi Hosseini, Afghan Hazara refugee Marcus [...]
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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
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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 [...]