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Wed, 08 Oct 2003 21:28:37 -0700
SIEVX ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS
Below is a listing of SIEVX anniversary events that we know of that
are being organised around Australia. If you know of a SIEVX
anniversary event that is not listed here please contact us so that
we can include it in our next mail out.
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BRISBANE
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Rally on the second anniversary
of the sinking of the SIEV-X
2pm Sunday 19 October
King George Square
To remember the 146 children, 142 women, and 65 men who died at sea
in 2001.
Speakers:
Senator Claire Moore
Senator Andrew Bartlett
Tayeb Sadeghian (Association of Iranian refugees)
Hassan Ghulam (Hazara Ethnic Society)
Towfiq Al-Qady (Iraqi refugee community)
Frederika Steen (Romero Centre)
Music will be performed by Ghulam Sakhi Hazara.
Balloons will be released at the rally as symbolic gesture to the
lives lost in this tragedy and in recognition of the dangers faced by
refugees worldwide.
The rally is an opportunity to reflect on this tragedy, in which 353
lives were lost at sea, and on the dangers faced by refugees
worldwide in their journey to find a new home. A focus of the rally
is the need for a judicial inquiry into the sinking of the SIEV-X to
obtain eyewitness accounts from survivors. Only then will the truth
be known.
For more details about the rally phone Nicole on 07 38442443 or email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Refugee Action Collective, Brisbane
http://www.rac-qld.org
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CANBERRA
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Inter-Faith Service - Saturday 18 October 2003
11am, Lennox Gardens, adjacent to Flynn Drive, Yarralumla,
behind Albert Hall, near Lotus Bay on Lake Burley Griffin.
Speakers include: Catholic Bishop Pat Power and Canberra Islamic
Centre President Ahmed Youssef, Anglican Bishop George Browning.
Public Forum: SIEV X - A Crime Against Humanity
2pm Saturday 18 October 2003
Haydon-Allen Tank, Australian National University, Canberra
Speakers:
Tony Kevin (currently a Visiting Fellow at the ANU Research School of
Pacific and Asian Studies; former Australian Ambassador to Cambodia
and to Poland; commentator and public interest advocate on SIEV X)
Jack Waterford (Editor, Canberra Times)
Margo Kingston (Senior Journalist, Sydney Morning Herald)
An opportunity to learn more about the scandal of SIEV X which
resulted in the death at sea of 353 people on 19 October 2001.
(If large numbers attend, the meeting will move to the Manning Clark
Theatre)
http://www.refugeeaction.org/rac/campaign_news.html#commem
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PERTH
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SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER
---->> SIEV X Day Rally <<----
WHEN: 1pm-?
WHERE: TBA
CONTACT: 0417 904 329
146 Children, 142 women, 65 men drown off the Australian coast
The Australian Government offers no rescue attempt, gives
contradictory reasons why not, and then subjects a Parliamentary
inquiry to a cover up.
Two years on - the Australian people DEMAND ANSWERS.
Is this another manifestation of Australia's horrific abuse of human
rights in the quest to keep Asylum Seekers out?
Rally to show the Government you will not forget the sinking of the
SIEV-X and the tragic loss of 353 lives. Australia must start to
acknowledge its international responsibility to Asylum Seekers.
http://www.active.org.au/perth/local/about/ac-31-8-2003.html#sievx
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WHYALLA
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Whyalla Rural Australians for Refugees (WRAR) plan to observe the 2nd
Anniversary of the sinking of SIEVX with a public act of remembrance.
Date: 19th October 2003
Time: 3.53 pm
Location: Whyalla North Beach
Brief Introduction to Siev X
Lighting of Remembrance Candle by a Child
Two Readings pertaining to the people and the tragedy of SIEV X
Tolling of gong
353 seconds of silence
Reading- One survivor's story
Play Track of CD - Scattered People - all sing
Three prayers - Buddhist, Christian, Muslim
Extinguish Candle
Symbolic action - Scattering 353 Roses on the sea
Tolling of gong
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