by RISE | Mar 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees is the first not-for-profit Refugee and Asylum seeker organisation in Australia to be governed by eX-detainee Refugees. We were founded in 2010 by an eX-detainee who was held hostage in both offshore and onshore detention... by RISE | Mar 3, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
“Bedding with the Australian Department of Home Affairs, who tortures and abuses us, makes you a white supremacist” – eX-detainee Refugees about “Queer Displacement conference” While queers were parading with politicians, military, police, and... by RISE | Feb 24, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
Queer eX-detainees urge artists, presenters, and other participants to boycott the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, which also hosts WorldPride 2023, in so-called Sydney, Australia. Who are we ?RISE:Refugee, survivors and eX-detainees is a not-for-profit... by RISE | Jan 30, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
REST IN POWER Death in Villawood (suburb in Sydney, Australia) – Another immigration death in custody in Australian-run torture camps. 30/01/2023 It is not the first time and it won’t be the last – another death in administrative immigration... by RISE | Jan 25, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
For the 11th year running, RISE: Refugee, Survivors and eX-detainees, the FIRST self-determined advocacy and welfare organisation in Australia governed and led by eX-detainees, is making a public statement, supporting the boycott of “Australia Day” aka Invasion day.... by RISE | Jan 18, 2023 | Advocacy, Media Releases, Publications
We eX-detainees urge the Midsumma Festival to immediately cut ties with security company Serco, Victoria police or any current relationships with politicians both federal and state. There is nothing to be proud of about the detention industrial complex and any... 
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