eX-detainees at RISE highly condemn the recommendations of non self-determined Human rights and Refugee/Asylum seeker support organisations and individuals in so-called Australia to the UN Subcommittee for the prevention of Torture.

eX-detainees at RISE highly condemn the recommendations of non self-determined Human rights and Refugee/Asylum seeker support organisations and individuals in so-called Australia to the UN Subcommittee for the prevention of Torture. Our take on these NGOs’ broken...

eX-detainees’ statement :  Dump the refugee saviour industrial complex and create space for lasting change –  eX-detainees’ in so-called Australia call for a boycott of “Refugee Week”, and “World Refugee Day” 20/06/2022

When our quest for freedom and safety has been sabotaged and questioned,When our lives are crushed and disabled permanently in Australian-run detention centres,When we are systematically discriminated against outside detention centres as well;Eating refugee-cooked...

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...