Category Archives: Refugees

Australia: Stolenwealth Games Boycott – A First Nations & Ex-Detainee Solidarity Statement

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

March 26, 2018. Members of the First Nations and eX-detainees from RISE have consulted to produce this solidarity statement and call for all supporters to boycott the Stolenwealth (“commonwealth”) Games which is to be held in Queensland, Gold Coast in … Continue reading →

Posted in #SanctionAustralia, Anti-Colonialism, Australia, Boycotts, Call To Action, Decolonization, Decolonize, First Nations, First Nations Solidarity, Gold Coast, International Solidarity, Posters, Queensland, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugees, RISE : Refugee Survivors and Ex-detainees, so-called 'Australia', Stolenwealth Games

Athens, Greece: Kurdish Political Refugees Begin Hunger Strike in Syntagma Square for Afrin

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

On Sunday, March 18th, the army of the fascist Turkish State along with their jihadist FSA proxies entered the resisting town of Afrin. This was followed by looting, torture, beheadings of Kurdish fighters and the expulsion of 200,000 civilians, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Afrin, Athens, Defend Afrin, Erdogan Terrorist, Fuck Erdogan, Greece, Hunger Strike, Kurdish Struggle, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, Rojava, Turkey

Melbourne, Australia: Community Blockades MITA Detention Centre in Desperate Bid to Stop Deportation to Danger of Tamil Asylum Seeker

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Received on 21.02.18: MEDIA RELEASE  February 22, 2018. For immediate release Blockade happening now Community Blockades MITA Detention Centre in Desperate Bid to Stop Deportation to Danger of Tamil Asylum Seeker. Community members have blockaded the gates of MITA detention … Continue reading →

Posted in Asylum Seekers, Australia, Close The Camps, Close The Camps Action Collective, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers), Melbourne, Narrm, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, Santharuban, Stop Deportations

Israel: Attack Against the Tel Aviv Immigration Office in Solidarity with African Asylum Seekers Facing Deportation

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

On January 28th, 2018, the office of the Tel Aviv Population, Immigration and Border Authority (PIBA) was vandalized in protest against the expulsion of African migrants. A number of severed doll heads covered with red paint were found outside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asylum Seekers, Direct Action, Israel, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, Tel Aviv, Vandalism

Kolkata, India: International Anarchist Solidarity Action with Villawood Hunger Strikers

Posted on January 26, 2018 by

Received on 25.01.18:  On 24 January, 2017, we, a group of anarchists from 3 different continents, undertook an action in support of the hunger striking prisoners in Villawood Detention Centre, so-called Sydney, Australia. The solidarity action, which was undertaken in … Continue reading →

Posted in Antifa, Antifascism, Australia, Bengal, Fuck Border Force, India, International Solidarity, Kolkata, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, so-called 'Australia', Villawood

Sydney, Australia: Hunger Striking Detainees at Villawood on Lockdown & Denied Visits by Border Force

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

18.01.18: Around 160 detainees at Villawood in Sydney are continuing their hunger strike – now in its fourth day. (Thursday, 18 Jan), over the draconian restrictions to visiting. In an attempt to break the hunger strike, Border Force has locked down … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Free The Refugees, Fuck Border Force, Hunger Strike, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, so-called 'Australia', Sydney, Villawood

Australia: Over 200 Detainees in Immigration Detention Commence Hunger Strike in Protest Against New Visit Restrictions

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

16.01.18: Over two hundred detainees at two detention centres, Villawood in Sydney and Maribyrnong in Melbourne, have declared a hunger strike in protest at visiting restrictions recently announced by Border Force. The detainees have been on hunger strike for more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Fuck Border Force, Hunger Strike, Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre (MIDC), Melbourne, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, Sydney, Villawood