Past Events

Photos from November 7 rally

Five hundred people joined a protest to end mandatory detention in Melbourne on Sunday November 7 and marched through the city streets demanding justice for refugees. Protesters heard from a range of speakers, including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; State Labor parliamentarian Hong Lim; acclaimed Afghan women’s rights activist and opponent of the US/NATO occupation Malalai Joya; Gilios, a West Papuan refugee representing RISE Refugee; Brian Walters (Greens candidate for Melbourne); Michelle O’Neill from the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union; and…

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