Four speakers addressed a public forum organised by Australian Advocacy for Good Governance in Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.

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Four speakers addressed a public forum organised by Australian Advocacy for Good Governance in Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.
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More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country’s Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile, the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.
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Josephine Langbien, a lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, told a forum organised by the Refugee Action Collective that Labor’s anti-immigrant laws are the “harshest” in decades. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees and supporters are continuing their campaign for permanent visas for more than 9000 people, whose refugee claims were rejected under the flawed Fast Track system. Chris Slee reports.
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Hundreds marched through the CBD to show support for refugees who are demanding permanent visas. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees and supporters are maintaining their protest for permanent visas in the Docklands and marching every Friday to press their case. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees who have been living on temporary visas for 12 years have established a protest camp outside the office of Labor MP Julian Hill in Robinson Street in Dandenong. Chris Slee reports.
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Mano, a Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka who had lived in Australia for 12 years, committed suicide on August 27 after being denied permanent residency. Chris Slee reports.
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The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign hosted a discussion of the Venezuelan presidential elections and aftermath with Francisco Dominguez, secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in London. Chris Slee reports.
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About 200 refugees marched from the Department of Home Affairs in the Docklands area to the Australian Labor Party headquarters to demand an end to their uncertainty. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees demanding permanent visas have shifted their 24/7 protest to the Docklands office of the Home Affairs department and are encouraging people to visit. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees have set up a protest camp outside the electorate office of Clare O’Neil to demand permanent visas. Chris Slee reports.
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The United States government has reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, to further strangle the economy in the lead up to the July 28 elections, reports Chris Slee.
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Refugees have been protesting outside the office of Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil in Oakleigh to demand permanent visas.
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Palestinian refugee Adnan Mansour told a public forum that Labor must “start seeing Palestinians as humans”. Chris Slee reports.
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Chris Slee reviews Benjamin Fong’s book, Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge, which examines the history of drug use and prohibition in the United States.
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A public forum discussed the High Court’s decision on indefinite detention and the racist backlash. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugee rights activists again made a call for Labor to bring refugees held in offshore detention to safety. Chris Slee reports.
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Twenty women refugees began a march from Naarm to Ngunnawal to demand permanent visas. Chris Slee reports.
Refugees started a week-long protest to demand permanent visas outside Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil electorate office. Chris Slee reports.
Speakers denounced the United States role in the coup against the socialist government of Salvador Allende in 1973 at a rally outside the US Consulate. Chris Slee reports.
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Fifty refugees rallied outside the electorate office of Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil to demand permanent residency for thousands living on temporary visas. Chris Slee reports.
Chris Slee reviews Liang Hong’s 2021 book, China in one Village, which examines the alienation from village life that accompanies China’s reliance on rural migrant labour.
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Neil Para, a Tamil refugee living in Ballarat, has begun a 1000 kilometre walk to Gadi/Sydney. He intends to finish at Anthony Albanese’s office in Marrickville. Chris Slee reports.
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The Victorian government is planning on changes to harsh bail laws but it appears that they are not going to be implemented immediately. Chris Slee reports.
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In a case brought by Iranian Kurdish refugee Mostafa Azimitabar (“Moz”), Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy ruled that while hotel detention is inhumane, it is still legal. Chris Slee reports.
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Fifty people protested outside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in support of Dixtan Arulban, a Tamil refugee threatened with deportation to Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.
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