*Maribyrnong 2002 Protest and Festival*
Friday 28th at 2pm and Saturday 29th 11am of June
Maribyrnong Detention Centre,
53 Hampstead Rd., Maribyrnong
Melways Ref. 27 H9
The campaign to free the refugees continues to build
and grow, with 30,000 people rallying across Australia
for refugee rights
Woomera 2002 resulted in sixty-one arrests: thirty-one
refugees, and thirty protesters. The thirty
protestors are now facing criminal charges under state
and federal laws as a consequence of their actions to
support refugees.
The protestors face jail sentences of ten years.
WOOMERA SOLIDARITY
more about the Maribyrnong
Festival and how you can get involved, see our website
at www.maribyrnong2002.org and call us at the Refugee
Action Collective office on 9659 3505.
Hope to hear from you all,
Cheers,
Giada Caluzzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing
. It should be an exciting occasion,
and inclusive of the various strands of the
pro-refugee movement. There will be room for all to
make their own contributions to a memorable event at
Melbourne's own suburban detention centre.
Giada Caluzzi (Refugee Action Collective)
on behalf of the Maribyrnong
*PICKET RUDDOCK*
Free the Refugees!
Philip Ruddock (Minister of Immigration and Indigenous Affairs), Andrew
Bolt (Herald Sun 'journalist'), and Bob Birrell (academic apologist for
Ruddocks' attacks on refugee rights), will be speaking at a Dialogue on
Immigration sponsored by the Institute of
.
Giada Caluzzi(event organiser)
9659 3581
0408 538 916
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Politics of the event:
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End Mandatory Detention:
Asylum Seekers who arrive in Australia without valid visas face
mandatory detention. Mandatory detention means that men, women and
children are all locked up
