Children locked on Nauru as long as World War II.
Check out Lou Dingle's tweet
SUPER COOPER GRANS Grandmothers Against the Detention of Refugee Children -
Cooper electorate This blog was started to assist with our campaign during the Batman ByElection. Now that the byElection is over and Batman has been renamed 'Cooper' we will continue to post information of interest, news of pop-ups etc
Saturday, 30 June 2018
Friday, 29 June 2018
5 years in a mouldy tent
As grim five year anniversary for refugee
children looms, Turnbull Government confronted with hard truths at UN
Daniel Webb, Director of Legal Advocacy at
the Human Rights Law Centre, told the Council that 19 July will mark five years
of detention for 134 refugee children languishing indefinitely on Nauru.
"These children have been detained for five long years for fleeing the same atrocities our government comes here and condemns,” Mr Webb told the Council.
“40 of these children have been detained for their entire lives. They are four and five year-old kids who have never experienced a single day of freedom in their lives. The only world they have ever known is inside a mouldy tent, behind a fence, in an island prison,” said Mr Webb.
"These children have been detained for five long years for fleeing the same atrocities our government comes here and condemns,” Mr Webb told the Council.
“40 of these children have been detained for their entire lives. They are four and five year-old kids who have never experienced a single day of freedom in their lives. The only world they have ever known is inside a mouldy tent, behind a fence, in an island prison,” said Mr Webb.
Watch
our @DanielHRLC's
address to the UN Human Rights Council last night about the Turnbull
Government's deliberate destruction of the lives of children - 134 it keeps in
its off-shore refugee camp on Nauru. More info here: https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2018/6/28/grim-five-year-anniversary-for-refugee-children-looms …
— HumanRightsLawCentre (@rightsagenda)
Monday, 25 June 2018
Next popup
Next week we are back in Reservoir on Wednesday 27th June at 11.00 on the corner of Spring Street and Edwards Street. Please join us.
News from a cold Vigil
Last Thursday, 21st June, we had good weather, but as the sun
set on the shortest day of the year the 8 Batgrans and Frogs started to lose the
feeling in their feet at the vigil in Clifton Hill!
Thanks for their efforts.
Monday, 18 June 2018
One Vigil, one PopUp
Please note change of time for Reservoir PopUp. We decided after our experience last week that 10am is too early! Not many people around.
Thurs 21 June 4pm Vigil Clifton Hill near McDonalds
Thurs 21 June 4pm Vigil Clifton Hill near McDonalds
Weds 27 June Pop up Reservoir 11am
On the corner of Edwardes Road and Spring Street Reservoir in a small area with seating.
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Thursday, 14 June 2018
When will he deliver an apology to the children in detention whose lives we have ruined?
‘We
all have a vested interest
in
the safety of other people’s children,
not
just our own.
We
owe it to them
to
ensure that they are protected.”
Malcolm
Turnbull 13th June 2018
Sunday, 10 June 2018
Saturday, 9 June 2018
This should be worth attending
ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR CHILDREN MATTER
Tues 19th June @ 6.00pm
A seminar on Medico Legal aspects of Australia's Asylum Seeker Policies.... Guest speakers include Professors Gillian Triggs and David Issacs
Further details including registration can be found by clicking on the link above
Tues 19th June @ 6.00pm
A seminar on Medico Legal aspects of Australia's Asylum Seeker Policies.... Guest speakers include Professors Gillian Triggs and David Issacs
Further details including registration can be found by clicking on the link above
What are the KPIs for the Minister for Immigration?
EPIC FAIL!
In the 29 months since the US deal was made with President Obama, Peter Dutton has resettled just 267 women, children and men.
Saturday, 2 June 2018
Some important events and dates
1.
Here's the facebook event page for the action outside Shorten's office on Monday
4 June 12pm:
2.
Here are the dates for the Batgrans vigils and pop ups.
Thursday
7 June 4pm Vigil Clifton Hill
Weds
13 June Pop up Reservoir 10am hand
out flyers and walk around with sign in languages
On
the corner of Edwardes Road and Spring Street Reservoir in a small area with
seating.
Thurs
21 June 4pm Vigil Clifton Hill
Weds
27 June Pop up Reservoir 10am
On
the corner of Edwardes Road and Spring Street Reservoir in a small area with
seating.
3.
Refugee council of Australia is celebrating Refugee Week
from Sunday
17th June to Saturday
23rd June with
the theme #WithRefugees.
Refugee
Week Launch,
Deakin Edge, Federation Square, 17 June 1:45pm
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