Todayat 18:30–20:30 Drill Hall, 26 Therry Street, Melbourne PUBLIC MEETING: 6.30pm Monday 28th of April, at Drill Hall, 26 Therry Street Melbourne (behind the Multicultural Hub on Elizabeth St - opp Vic Markets) Speakers: Mark Isaacs - former Salvo worker on Nauru and author of The Undesirables Mohammed Ali Baqiri - refugee detained on Nauru as a child Sameera - asylum seeker who will speak about the current plight of her family on Nauru Jasmine Ali - Refugee Action Collective Discover the truth about Australias offshore detention centres from speakers with first hand experience. Discuss how to campaign against this the unjust and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers All Welcome Call Vanessa 0404 698 657 for more info The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has written about Marks book: Eyewitness accounts from inside Australias detention centres are rare. Walled in behind government secrecy, contracts which bind them to silence, and fear for their livelihoods, staff and former employees of the groups running the centres bite their tongues or confide only in close colleagues, family members or friends. The few who have spoken to the media have mostly done so anonymously, or through third parties. Now, the first of what could be a steady trickle of embarrassing whistleblower accounts has emerged in the form of an explosive book, The Undesirables, by a former Salvation Army employee, 26-year-old Sydneysider Mark Isaacs. The title is taken from a term Isaacs says a government staffer was overheard using to describe the asylum seekers at the camp. From the event page
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:28:36 +0000
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