Two of Australia’s most brilliant musicans, JEFF LANG and partner ALISON FERRIER, will be the star\u00a0performers on SUNDAY\u00a0to highlight the plight of the refugees indefinitely detained because of secret ASIO assessments.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0main feature of the day will be the\u00a0international debut of the new song for\u00a0Tamil detainee, Selva, who stitched his lips and began a hunger strike last week. Officially, he is not a negative ASIO case but he\u00a0has suffered a similar experience, being\u00a0detained\u00a0for 37 months awaiting a\u00a0decision on his future by the Immigration Minister.\u00a0Most of the ASIO negative refugees have been held for between three and four years.<\/p>\n
Lang, a 2012 ARIA winner and an internationally-recognised singer-songwriter-guitarist, and\u00a0the multi-talented Ferrier, will perform “Song For Selva”\u00a0and\u00a0other protest songs, outside the MITA detention centre, Camp Rd, Broadmeadows, from 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Selva and all the other refugees, including 30 locked away indefinitely because of\u00a0negative ASIO assessments, will be able to hear the songs from their cell blocks, and gain some small comfort from knowing that there is a growing band of Australians determined to see them freed, and treated with\u00a0respect and humanity.<\/p>\n
Lang and Ferrier will be joined by other performers as well as several speakers, who will highlight the cruel, inhumane government policy that has kept more than 50\u00a0refugees with negative ASIO reports locked away in Australian detention centres for as long as four years.<\/p>\n
“Song For Selva” has been written, produced and sung by Melbourne performer Les Thomas, a member of a musicans’ group — These Machines Cut Razor Wire —\u00a0that opposes mandatory detention and the use of asylum seekers as political scapegoats.<\/p>\n
It is hoped the CD will be available soon. Two of Australia’s most brilliant musicans, JEFF LANG and partner ALISON FERRIER, will be the star\u00a0performers on SUNDAY\u00a0to highlight the plight of the refugees indefinitely detained because of secret ASIO assessments. The\u00a0main feature of the day will be the\u00a0international debut of the new song for\u00a0Tamil detainee, Selva, who stitched his lips and began a hunger strike last week. Officially, he is not a negative ASIO case but he\u00a0has suffered a similar experience, being\u00a0detained\u00a0for 37 months awaiting a\u00a0decision on his future…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events","post-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFREE ASIO REFUGEES: ” SONG FOR SELVA” DAY<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nWHEN: 1pm, Sunday, April 7.
\nWHERE: \u00a0MITA Detention Centre, Camp Rd, Broadmeadows,
\nWHY: To Free\u00a0The Refugees.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"