Past Events

Please join the Melbourne Law Students Society Institute for International Law and the Humanities & Melbourne Social Equity Institute in The Refugee Crisis: Is Manus Island the Solution, public forum! This seems like it will be an amazing discussion! Date: Thursday August 8th, 2013 Time: 1:00-2:00pm Venue: G08, Ground Floor Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street Carlton. Attendance is FREE but booking essential! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

  World Refugee Day Rally 2013 Welcome Refugees Close Manus Island, Close Nauru End mandatory detention; Stop deportations to danger; Honour the Refugee Convention Sunday 16 June, 12 noon Gather @ Exhibition Building, Nicholson Street, near Gertrude Street (beside Carlton Gardens) Catch 86 or 96 tram or walk from Parliament Station Music & Speakers inc: Graham Thom – Amnesty International Misha Coleman – Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce Michele O’Neil – State Secretary Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia Adam…

To mark the one year anniversary of her detention, on May 10th the Refugee Action Collective is hosting a Release Ranjini Day event. Our government is holding more than 50 refugees in indefinite detention because of an adverse ASIO security assessment. People like Ranjini and her sons (pictured) are not security threats- they have not been charged with war crimes, or terrorist acts, or any other illegal activity. But they have been found to be genuine refugees, in need of…

Two of Australia’s most brilliant musicans, JEFF LANG and partner ALISON FERRIER, will be the star performers on SUNDAY to highlight the plight of the refugees indefinitely detained because of secret ASIO assessments. The main feature of the day will be the international debut of the new song for Tamil detainee, Selva, who stitched his lips and began a hunger strike last week. Officially, he is not a negative ASIO case but he has suffered a similar experience, being detained for 37 months awaiting a decision on his future…

Friday March 22, 2013 at the Brunswick Hotel.  $20 adults / $15 concession.  Doors open 6pm. View the poster here.