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NOVEMBER 3 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 35 refugee, humanitarian and community groups are backing the protest this Sunday November 7<\/strong> in opposition to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

The rally, which will begin at the State Library at 2pm<\/strong> and march to Federation Square will be addressed by a range of speakers including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The event has been called by the Refugee Advocacy Network (RAN), the coalition of organisations that organised the 3,000 strong march on World Refugee Day (June 20) earlier this year. The Network is supported by a wide range of organisations including Amnesty International, The Greens, Labor for Refugees, the Refugee Action Collective, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and many more (see full list of supporting groups below).<\/p>\n

RAN spokesperson Sue Bolton said today: \u201cWe are calling on all supporters of refugee rights to take to the streets this weekend. It is time that those who oppose the bipartisan consensus of scapegoating refugees raise their voices and demand a fundamental change in the way this country treats people who come here seeking asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crisis in Australia\u2019s detention system is increasingly acute\u201d said Bolton. \u201cProtests, hunger strikes and incidents of self-harm are on the rise. More and more people are coming to realise that the system of mandatory detention is inherently unjust, is punishing the innocent, and must be gotten rid of. And yet the government\u2019s latest policy announcement proposes to end the crisis by setting up yet more detention centres \u2013 with an additional 1900 beds \u2013 which will further entrench the mandatory detention regime that should instead be abolished.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full list of speakers and a running sheet for the protest will be available on Friday.<\/p>\n

For further comment contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Bolton: 0413 377 978
\nStephen Bain: 0400 561 624<\/p>\n

Refugee Advocacy Network
\nwww.refugeeadvocacynetwork.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

LIST OF ORGANISATIONS BACKING NOVEMBER 7 REFUGEE PROTEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
\nAustralian Education Union (Vic)
\nAustralian Services Union
\nAustralian Tamil Congress
\nAustralia West Papua Association
\nBallarat Circle of Friends
\nBrigidine Asylum Seekers\u2019 Project
\nEdmund Rice Asylum Seeker Project
\nFree Tamil Eelam
\nGeelong Trades Hall
\nGeelong Refugee Action and Information Network (GRAIN)
\nHumanitarian Crisis Hub
\nIslamic Council of Victoria
\nJewish Labour Bund Inc
\nJustice and International Mission, Uniting Church
\nLabor for Refugees
\nLatrobe University SRC
\nMelbourne Unitarian Church
\nNational Union of Students
\nNTEU (Vic)
\nQueenscliff Rural Australians for Refugees
\nRefugee Action Collective (Vic)
\nResearchers for Asylum Seekers
\nRISE
\nSocialist Alliance
\nSocialist Alternative
\nSolidarity
\nSurf Coast Rural Australians for Refugees
\nThe Greens (Vic)
\nThe Spirit of Eureka
\nthe Tamil Coordinating Committee
\nThe Union of Australian Women (Vic)
\nVictorian Council of Churches
\nVictorian Immigrant and Refugee Women\u2019s Coalition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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