Tamil Justice

Rally to welcome refugees
Say no to Rudd’s Indonesian Solution!
Let them land, let them stay!

12.30pm Monday 2 November. Immigration Department, Lee St (Railway Square end of Central Tunnel), City. 
Speakers include: Sylvia Hale (NSW Greens MP), Tamil Association, Ian Rintoul (Refugee Action Coalition). The bipartisan demonisation of asylum seekers has provoked feelings of deja vu among many people who thought we’d never again see Tampa-style dramas on the high seas. But as each day passes, it is becoming clear that Kevin Rudd’s ‘Indonesia Solution’ is every bit as inhumane (and expensive) as John Howard’s ‘Pacific Solution’. Despite the refugee rights movement winning victories such as children out of detention and the end of Temporary Protection Visas, it’s clear that we have a long way to go before Australia can claim it has humanitarian immigration and refugee policies.

Called by Refugee Action Coalition. Contact Ian on 0417 275 713

Radio Australia – Australia’s PM dogged by a fortnight of asylum seeker politics

ABC – Opposition: Oceanic Viking costing taxpayers $75K a day

Daily Times – VIEW: Where is Australia? —Farish A Noor

ABC – Asylum seekers fear forcible removal

Jakarta Post – Indonesia demands time line for Sri Lankan asylum seekers

The Australian – Indonesia gives Oceanic Viking another week

Brisbane Times – Asylum seekers showdown averted for week

News.com.au - Boat 37 intercepted off Ashmore Reef with 40 on board

ABC – Navy intercepts another asylum seeker boat

Women for Justice perform “SURVIVAL” at “Reclaim the Night” Sydney this Friday 30th October 2009 @ Victoria Park, Sydney

To see details of the performance done a few weeks ago please click here

Australian IT – Rudd confident of extension for Oceanic Viking

News.com.au – Stephen Smith plays boatpeople waiting game, rules out force to end standoff

Radio Australia – Australian PM faces mounting political storm over asylum-seekers

ABC – Heat on to end asylum seeker impasse

Wall Street Journal – Surge in Refugees Presents a Problem for Australia

Bloomberg – Australia’s Refugee Policy a ‘Laughing Stock,’ Opposition Says

Bloomberg –  Rudd May Use Force to Remove Sri Lankans From Ship, SMH Reports

ABC Online – Australia and Indonesia to be patient on asylum impasse

AFP – Stand-off refugees can’t choose destination: Australia

ABC – Detention centres branded third world jails

ABC – Rudd under fire over asylum boat delay

Brisbane Times – PM won’t say if children face razor wire

Sydney Morning Herald – It’s time to exorcise the spectre of the Tampa

ABC – Waiting game continues for asylum seekers

AND IN VANCOUVER

The Vancouver Sun – Sri Lankan asylum-seekers plead for release

Handcuffed and shackled in leg chains, more Sri Lankan asylum-seekers were back before immigration officials in Vancouver on Monday, pleading for release from detention.

But proving their identities continued to be a significant impediment for most of the men, who were among a group of 76 ethnic Tamils apprehended on a mysterious ship off Vancouver Island earlier this month.

Several of the men arrived with no authentic documents to prove who they are. More

University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies:

Human Rights, Politics and the Hippocratic Oath: Exploring Physicians’ Roles in Conflict Situations

Mon Nov 02 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility

Contact Info – Meera Selvakone

Click here to view the event website

Speakers -

Dr. James Orbinski BSc, MSc, MA, MD

Sharryn Aiken BA, LLB

Craig Scott BA, LLM, LLB

Moderators: Dr. Meera Selvakone BSc, MD, CCFP and John Argue, Amnesty International Canada

Description: Dr. T. Sathiyamoorthy, Dr. V. Shanmugarajah and Dr. T. Varatharajah were government-employed physicians detained without charge after saving thousands of lives during the war in Sri Lanka in 2009. This panel discussion will focus on the circumstances around their cases, and explore the concepts of medical neutrality and ethical duty to patients during war. Panelists will also touch on the broader themes of press freedom, detention without charge, and human rights violations as they pertain to the doctors’ story.

Sponsored by -  Save the Doctors Campaign and Amnesty International Canada

Co-sponsored by – Centre for South Asian Studies and Asian Institute

Click here to watch Q&A

Young Tamils swap bombs for BlackBerrys