In the course of the 8 hours sitting in the hot sun, 15 men were taken away in ambulances suffering from dehydration.
Can you think of any other people in Australia who would be stood over and denied water while they slowly succumbed and required hospitalisation?
In Australia any indignity, brutality and breach of human rights can be perpetrated on asylum seekers with impunity.
Pamela Curr
Campaign Coordinator
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
12 Batman Street, Melbourne
ph 0393266066 / 0417517075
FACT: Australia July 2010 – 639 CHILDREN IN DETENTION
Afghani refugees staged a peaceful protest against detention in Darwin yesterday.
A spokesperson for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Pamela Curr, is quoted in the Australian today (4 Sept 2010) about the Afghani refugees plight.
Here is the context and the quote in the Australian:
John Bailey, the deputy lord mayor of Darwin, is quoted also as saying:
But is The Australian to be believed? Or is it another beat-up of feellings to provide sensationalism and sales? Are these quotes taken out of context? What do these supporters of asylum seekers really think about the ordinary people of Darwin and their attitude to refugees?
Bob Katter Snr, MP for the seat of Kennedy in the Fraser years, was called everything from ‘boong’ to ‘afghan carmel driver’ by his constituents … I wonder if the same is said of his son, Bob Katter Jnr, the independent MP for Kennedy?
Bob Katter is quoted as saying that Aboriginal rights will figure in his calculation as to who to support to form a minority government after the hung parliament, Liberal or Labor.
It seems that the Australian people voted for neither side to govern thus ensuring instability and an ongoing election campaign for the next three years.
Ian Curr
September, 2010