Refugee Action Collective (VIC)

Vigil: Eight years too long, free the refugees

The vigil will feature speakers, musicians and poets.
Music - Les Thomas
Reading - Arnold Zable
Poetry - Awale Ahmed
Speakers:
Kasra - refugee imprisoned in the Park Hotel, live by phone
Mostafa Azimitabar (Moz from Manus): freed Medevac refugee
Taqi Azra - United Workers Union organiser and Hazara refugee
Anna Kingston - Refugee Action Collective
Chairs - Chloe De Silva & Lieke Janssen (RAC)

Rally: Permanent Visas not Discrimination: Rally for Refugee Rights

Rally for Permanent Visas

Please note: this rally has been rescheduled due to Covid Lockdown, the new date is Sunday Aug 29 (we will change the image shortly)

We call for the government to provide:
1 - Permanent Protection Visas
2 - Right to Income Support
3 - Family Reunion Rights
4 - Fair processing of asylum claims, with appeal rights
5 - Freedom for all refugees

Forum: 'God Powers' and detention - the cruel and arbitrary rules for refugees

Speakers:

Maria O'Sullivan - Associate Professor and a Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Maria is the author of a number of international and national publications on the subject of human rights, public law and refugee law.

Adnan Choopani - refugee in the Park Hotel who came to Australia at age 15 and has spent a third of his life detained by Australia

Joey Tangaloa Taualii - 501 detainee in MITA

This meeting will be both in person and via Zoom.