International Human Rights Day demonstrations took place in Australia,
Bangladesh, Korea and Malaysia, against the continued denial of workers'
rights and human rights.
More than 100 participants in the demonstration in Melbourne Australia heard
speeches by representatives of the Wurundjeri Aboriginal nation and the
Yorta Yorta Aboriginal nation, unions in struggle including the Textile
Clothing Footwear Union of Australia and the Australasian Meat Industries
Employees Union, an Indonesian activist, a representative of the Burmese
community, a Sri Lankan community representative speaking for refugees,
introduced by a representative of Amnesty International , and a student
activist from East Timor.
The demonstration marched to a Nike store and presented examples of the
abuse of workers rights and human rights as part of the protest.
Many thanks to all the organisations that sent their message of support to
the demonstration in Melbourne Australia:
Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL)
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australian Education Union (AEU)
Australian Services Union (ASU) Private Sector Division
Australasian Meat Industries Employees Union (AMIEU)
All Pakistan Trade Union Federation (APTUF)
Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity Links Bangladesh
Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity Links Pakistan
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
Bangladesh National Workers Federation (BJSF)
Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network
Committee in Solidarity with FMLN in El Salvador
Domestic Workers Association (Bangladesh)
Electrical Trades Union (ETU)
Friends of the Earth
Freedom Socialist Party
Free Timor Campaign
FairWear Campaign
Grasslands Infoshop
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Jabiluka Action Group
Korean Federation of Women Unions
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)
National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT)
National Front for Indonesian Worker Struggle (FNPBI)
National Garment Workers Federation (Bangladesh)
National Union of Students (NUS)
Philippines Australia Union Links
People's Justice Alliance (Campaign Against Private Prisons)
Progressive Labour Party
RMIT Student Union
Radical Women
Socialist Alternative
SEARCH Foundation
Socialist Worker
SUARAM (Suara Rakyat Malaysia)
Textile Clothing Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA)
Trade Unionists for Land Rights
University Students for East Timor (USET)
Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC)
Victorian TAFE Students and Apprentices Network (VTSAN)
Workers Power
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