SievX commemoration talks and films

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When

to

Where

Newcastle Museum
6 Workshop Way
Newcastle NSW 2300
Australia

Why

SIEV-X commemoration film and ambassador speaker series at Newcastle Museum

  • 12 - 12:45pm - Meet Abdul Samad Haidari, a community member who sought safety.
  • 1:30 - 4pm - In film Border Politics, leading human rights barrister, Julian Burnside AO QC, deconstructs harsh asylum seeker policies around the world.

Newcastle held an exhibition of the SIEV-X series of painting by Kate Durham (2006) through October.

Sunday 22nd is its last day, and then it will travel to Townsville to be exhibited by Amnesty there.

Afghani poet Adbul Samad Haidari just recently made it from Indonesia to NZ. His book The Red Ribbon was a best seller in Indonesia a few years back, and his new  book will be out soon published by Palaver Press (Melb). He will join us by zoom to discuss his journey, resettlement, and the lives of the other 14,000 asylum seekers in INdonesia.

12 to 1.45 pm Sunday  22  October.

Please join us tomorrow in conversation with Zoom.

Here is some material about refugees in Indonesia written by Abdul.

For updates check the Newcastle Museum event,  Facebook event.

Contact

Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy
Niko · 0406 296 141 · [email protected]
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