"Defend the Refugee Convention"
Refugee Action Collective (RAC) calls for an end to attempts to weaken the
United Nations Refugee Convention, which currently guarantees the rights of
refugees to flee persecution.
The Australian government is breaching aspects of the convention in its
treatment of asylum seekers here.
Speakers:
MARION LE (Refugee lawyer)
PETER MARES (author of Borderline and journalist)
MICHELE O'NEIL (Secretary Textile Workers Union and Steering Committee of
RAC-Vic)
LUKE VAN DER MEULEN (CFMEU union official, Yallourn, Latrobe valley)
SIMON O'NEILL (RAC spokesperson)
Refugee speaker-- to be advised
Please ask everyone you know to attend this important public meeting.
6pm Tuesday 31 July
Trades Hall
(cnr Lygon and Victoria sts, Sth Carlton)
FREE THE REFUGEES
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