Media Release : 20/05/2022 – Mandatory refugee detention is not only arbitrary detention – from our experience, it is the mandatory torture of refugees. RISE eX-detainees urge the Australian Public NOT to Vote for Any Parties that Support Mandatory Detention Policies – not for 1 day or indefinitely – during Federal Election 2022

For thirty years during every Australian federal election campaign, our lives have been used as political fodder to advance the careers of politicians and their associates. We are not your political pawns. Enough is enough – we request the Australian public NOT...

RISE eX-detainees’ Media Statement 16/05/2022 : Australia has provided the world with a blueprint for contemporary modes of border imperialism. Both the Australian Labor party and Liberal/Nationals in agreement that ex-prisoners in detention should pay for the million dollar cost of their time in immigration detention as part of their white supremacist blueprint package.

RISE eX-detainees’ Media Statement 16/05/2022 : Australia has provided the world with a blueprint for contemporary modes of border imperialism. Both the Australian Labor party and Liberal/Nationals in agreement that ex-prisoners in detention should pay for the million...