by RISE | Oct 8, 2020 | Advocacy, Media Releases
More than 50 refugees are arbitrarily detained within the confines of the Mantra Bell City Hotel, Preston in the Melbourne metropolitan area. In 2019, every one of these refugee detainees was evacuated to Australia for medical treatment and detained in the Hotel after... by RISE | Sep 24, 2020 | Advocacy, Media Releases
eX-detainees condemn the so-called ‘Refugee Council of Australia’ (headed and led by white non-refugees/eX-detainees) who have recently proposed to Australian MPs to send eX-detainees, Asylum seekers and Refugees on TPV and SHEV to work in the regional areas due to a... by RISE | Jul 15, 2020 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
#OzHotelPrisons RISE eX-detainees call for the urgent release of refugees being detained by the Australian government in two hotels – Mantra Bell City Hotel, Victoria and Kangaroo Point Central Hotel, Queensland. Every one of them has been evacuated to Australia... by RISE | Jul 5, 2020 | Advocacy, Media Releases
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees calls on the Victorian Trade Hall Council (VTHC) to condemn the brutal police lockdown of 9 public housing towers in Flemington, and North Melbourne. While VTHC has launched a fundraiser for those living in lockdown, this... by RISE | Jul 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Media Releases
RISE: Refugee, Survivors and eX-detainees condemns Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s use of 500 police to brutally enforce a 5 day “hard lockdown” on nine public housing estates in North Melbourne and Flemington during this COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to being low...
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