“Tears from the Heart” Exhibition
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No Offshore Processing – COMMUNITY PROTEST ACTION Sunday Oct 21
NO OFFSHORE PROCESSING – Not Nauru, Not Manus Island, Not Malaysia COMMUNITY PROTEST ACTION against these shameful policies Sunday 21 October – 1pm at State Library
STATE IMMUNITY, WAR CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A PUBLIC LECTURE
Until recently the law of state immunity might have seemed settled and uncontroversial. That is not so. There is a struggle between those who would reduce immunity still further –especially of senior officials such as General Pinochet — and those who would maintain immunity even for outrageous foreign governmental acts. In the age of the International Criminal Court, is Pinochet passé?’ When: Monday, 24 September 4pm – 5pm followed by refreshments until 6.30pm Where: John Scott Meeting House, Main Chamber Registration: To reigester…
International Day of the Disappeared, Vigil to Remember the Disappeared in Sri Lanka
The Tamil Refugee Council invites you to… A vigil to call on the Sri Lankan government to release the names of those that have surrendered and to put an end to its practice of enforced disappearances 5 – 6pm Thursday, August 30 State Library of Victoria (Opposite the Melbourne Central Train Station) Organised by the Tamil Refugee Council President: Nathan Bala 0433 500 037 Vice President: Garry Holliday 0428 586 320 Join the facebook event This vigil is particularly pertinent after the forced…
FRANZ KAFKA: THE TRIAL
An adaptation of Franz Kafka‘s 1925 novel The Trial, this production is inspired by the plight of more than 50 refugees who are indefinitely detained in Australian immigration centres because ASIO has assessed them to be national security risks. They have been given no information about the reasons for ASIO’s assessment and the decisions are not subject to any judicial or other independent scrutiny. A number of commentators have described the refugees’ situation as “Kafkaesque” because it evokes the author’s powerful writing…