Public meeting: Refugees from Sri Lanka: Occupation & resistance in Tamil Eelam

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 18:30

The majority of the refugees who are sitting in limbo facing a lifetime of detention because of negative security assessments by ASIO are Tamils. They are being persecuted for seeking asylum, but also because the Tamil people, like the East Timorese, were engaged in a struggle for self-determination. Tamils in Australia are often hounded by ASIO, if they have any connection to the movement for a Free Tamil Eelam. Speakers: Sabesan Sanmugam, Tamil Coordinating Committee public officer & 3CR Tamil Voice program producer; Chris Slee, author of “The Tamil Freedom Struggle in Sri Lanka” & Socialist Alliance member; Rob Stary, lawyer for three Tamils accused of terrorism for raising tsunami relief money for the Tamil areas in Sri Lanka. 6:30pm (meal from 6pm). Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). Organised by Socialist Alliance. For more info ph 9639 8622 or 0413 377 978