When
Where
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.
More Info Newcastle Museum
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 by Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85242994246
Meeting ID: 852 4299 4246
Here is some material about refugees in Indonesia written by Abdul
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