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ADD YOUR VOICE TO CLOSE MANUS AND CLOSE NAURU!
Australian policy has exiled asylum seekers and refugees since 19 July 2013 to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru, where they are held involuntarily and indefinitely in harsh and dangerous conditions. Twelve men have died. Suicide ideation is widespread,...
read moreTwelve deaths in offshore immigration custody since 19 July 2013
To download a print ready file, click in memory of (print ready): Here are the names and some information about the 12 people who have died in Australia’s offshore detention regime since 19 July 2013, when the way Australia responds to refugees seeking asylum became a...
read moreDASSAN Workshop, Maurice Blackburn class action and other news
DASSAN MONTHLY WORKSHOPS DASSAN has decided to trial something new. Every month rather than holding a meeting we will be running workshops. The workshops will be focused on making things happen then and there. This could mean organising a campaign, a rally, a...
read moreApril Update – Harmony Day Family Festival and Palm Sunday Peace March
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY NETWORK www.dassan.org Dear Friends, HARMONY DAY FAMILY FESTIVAL Palmerston’s annual Harmony Day Family Festival is on again! Please bring the whole family and join us on Saturday 1st April between 3 – 9pm at the Gray...
read more20 December 2016 update – 2016 in review
Dear Friends, 2016 has been another busy and successful year for DASSAN. The year started on a high following a well-deserved award for DASSAN at the NT Human Rights Awards (The Fitzgeralds) in December 2015. This award was public recognition for the thousands of...
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