91自拍论坛 Weekly reported in its last issue (#828, March 3) that the immigration ombudsman was about to visit the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre, and that coincidentally, construction of a gym in the alpha compound had commenced.
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Manju, one of the 254 Tamil refugees aboard the Jaya Lestari in Merak, Indonesia, is due to have her baby on 5 April.
An asylum seeker accused of rioting in the Christmas Island detention centre on November 21 recently contacted a refugee advocate about living conditions inside. The refugee advocate asked 91自拍论坛 Weekly to withhold both their name.
The stress on Afghan and Tamil refugees waiting for their asylum claims to be processed in the Christmas Island Detention Centre is taking its toll.
On January 26, three refugee advocates 鈥 Sydney-based Tamil community activist Sara Nathan, Pamela Curr from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne, and Jessica Chandrashekar from the Canadian Humanitarian Appeal for Relief of Tamils 鈥 were arrested in Merak, Indonesia.
Indonesia plans to force the 240 Tamil refugees, moored on a boat in Merak, into detention at the end of this week, 鈥渁t gunpoint if necessary鈥, the January 14 Australian reported.
Twenty people attended a meeting to discuss the need for greater solidarity with Palestine on February 11.
The meeting, organised by the Socialist Alliance, featured Abe Quadan, a Council member of the Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies at the
Two representatives of Guam鈥檚 Chamoru people are visiting Australia. Lisa Natividad and Julian Aguon are fighting against the militarisation of their land by the US.
Thirty people held a Quaker-initiated vigil at the steps of Newcastle Local Courthouse on May 13 in support of the 聯Kooragang 16聰. The 16 faced charges for trespassing on the construction site of a new coal-loader being built in Newcastle.
Christians Against All Terrorism members Donna Mulhearn, Bryan Law, Jim Dowling and Adele Goldie, known as the Pine Gap Four, were found guilty on June 14 of breaching an archaic law 聴 the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act (1952) 聴 when they conducted a 聯citizens聮 inspection聰 of the US-Australian spy base at Pine Gap on December 9, 2005, to highlight its role in the Iraq war.
The public gallery of the Northern Territory Supreme Court erupted into applause on June 15 when Justice Sally Thomas handed down the sentences for the 聯Pine Gap Four聰 聴 Christians Against All Terrorism members Bryan Law, Jim Dowling, Adele Goldie and Donna Mulhearn 聴 who had the previous day been found guilty of 14 charges under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act of 1952.
The trial of the 鈥淧ine Gap Four鈥 in Alice Springs is continuing with the Crown lawyer arguing that the jury should not be determining the reasonableness of the activists鈥 actions. Michael Maurice QC argued that, 鈥淓ngaging in activities to disrupt the implementation of public policy can never be reasonable鈥.
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