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Insider Resistance: Understanding refugee protest against immigration detention in Australia 1999 – 2005

Tags: Centre for Human Rights Education human immigration detention Lucy Fiske PhD protest Publications refugees research

Congratulations to Centre for Human Rights Education staff member Lucy Fiske who recently completed her PhD research titled Insider Resistance: Understanding refugee protest against immigration detention in Australia 1999 – 2005. Lucy interviewed refugees who had been detained in Australia and who had protested against their detention through a range of methods from writing letters [...]

Public Forum POSTPONED: Shifting the Politics of Asylum Seekers

Tags: Amnesty International ASeTTS asylum seekers Caroline Fleay Community Relations Curtin Event forum human mandatory detention politics refugees Senator Sarah Hanson-Young speaker torture trauma

Postponement of “Shifting the politics of asylum seekers” forum scheduled for Wednesday 4 July 6 – 8pm at Curtin University
In view of the ongoing negotiations in Canberra on asylum seeker policy, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has regretfully had to withdraw  from the public forum “Shifting the politics of asylum seekers” being co-hosted by ASeTTS, Curtin University [...]

Public Forum: Shifting the Politics of Asylum Seekers

Tags: Amnesty International ASeTTS asylum seekers Caroline Fleay Curtin Event forum human mandatory detention Past politics refugees Senator Sarah Hanson-Young speaker torture trauma

To mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and reflect on the twenty year anniversary of the mandatory detention policy in Australia, we welcome you to join us for a public forum with the Greens spokesperson on asylum seeker policy, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Dr Caroline Fleay from the Centre for Human [...]