darren_stranger | Rally for Th Refugees (Melb)

Whether or not you think that rallies make much of a difference, if nothing else it's a way to make a public statement that people Still Give A Shit about an issue. With an election looming and the topic of asylum seekers given a publicity boost by a certain instant celebrity's 15 seconds of infamy, this is one that i think might be worth it.

So this is where i'm planning to be this Sunday (no matter how shit the
weather)..

(Courtesy of Refugee Action Collective www.rac-vic.org )

Join this SUNDAY's RALLY for refugee rights ....

WORLD REFUGEE DAY RALLY
1pm THIS SUNDAY 20th June
Meet outside Royal Exhibition Buildings, Nicholson St. (near Gertrude St.), Fitzroy

The fight for refugee rights goes on, with Iraqi refugees in Nauru spending their fifth day on hunger strike rather than be forced to return to the ongoing devastation and violence of occupied Iraq. Help make refugee rights an important part of this election year!

From the Exhibition Buildings, we will march to the World Refugee Day festival at Fitzroy Town Hall.

Aladdin Sisalem, the Palestinian refugee who has been released after spending 10 months imprisoned alone at Manus Island detention centre, at a cost of $23,000 a day, has been confirmed as a speaker at the rally.