Rally at Town Hall. Speakers include members of Tamil and Afghan communities; Phil Glendenning, Edmund Rice Centre; George Newhouse, human rights lawyer; Lee Rhiannon, Greens; Michael Grewcock, author Border Crimes; Ian Rintoul, Refugee Action Coalition.
Protest the Rudd government's discriminatory freeze on asylum applications from Sri Lankan and Afghan refugees. Tamils and other opposition figures in Sri Lanka continue to suffer imprisonment and discrimination. Afghanistan remains war-torn and unsafe due to occupation by US, Australian and other troops. Demand an end to the "Indonesia Solution", the closing of Xmas Island, and the bringing of asylum seekers to the mainland for humane processing - refugees should be welcome!
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