[Commpsych] FW: MRSP invite to public forum on immigration detention

[Heather Gridley]

From: Les Terry [mailto:leslie.terry at unimelb.edu.au]
Sent: Thursday, 12 November 2015 4:15 PM
To: Les Terry
Subject: MRSP invite to public forum on immigration detention

Melbourne Refugee Studies Program invites you to a public forum

“The Pacific Solution: What can we learn from the case of Behrouz Boochani?”
The suffering of asylum seekers, men, women and children, kept on Manus Island and Nauru continues. The plight of Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and writer detained on Manus Island since mid-2013, illustrates many of the problems and devastating human rights consequences of our current asylum seeker laws, policies and practices. Please join the panel conversation in considering this case, and its wider implications for what must be changed in order to prevent such violations of human rights, particularly in the context of the current events on Christmas Island and the critical review of Australia’s immigration detention policies by the UN Human Rights Council.

Recent articles relevant to the forum:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-09/minas-we-must-uncover-what-led-to-the-death-of-fazel-chegeni/6924850
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/un-human-rights-review-countries-line-up-to-criticise-australia-for-its-treatment-of-asylum-seekers-20151109-gkusj4.html
Wednesday November 18, 2015
6.30 - 8.00pm
Theatre B117, Melbourne School of Design University of Melbourne
Admission is free and seating will be limited. Book now at: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/58ra
Registration is required
See attached flyer for more information


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