Balloons at a vigil organised by the Refugee Action Collective of Victoria, in solidarity with two Iranian refugees on hunger strike at the Broadmeadows immigration detention centre in Melbourne, January 18, 2012.
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
{{Information |Description=Balloons at a vigil organised by the Refugee Action Collective of Victoria, in solidarity with two Iranian refugees on hunger strike at the Broadmeadows immigration detention centre in Melbourne, January 18, 2012. |Source=[ht...
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
About 50 people attended a peaceful vigil in solidarity with refugees held outside the immigration detention centre on Camp Road, Broadmeadows in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
The protest was called by the Refugee Action Collective of Victoria with less than 2 days notice as two refugees inside are on hunger strike. One Iranian man, aged 33 has been on a hunger strike for 9 days after his second rejection. He has been detained for 16 months. A second Iranian man 32, was given refugee status five months ago and is awaiting security clearance. Both men have not received proper medical assistance.
There was a substantial police presence in front of the main gate, and in the surrounding area including the dog squad.
The protest was peaceful with speakers, music and chants of "Freedom", "Azadi". Hundreds of helium filled balloons raised a banner above the crowd and flew across the gate, before first catching on a fence, and then the balloons getting snagged in a tree.
Candles were lit spelling out "SOS".
One of the Iranian inmates telephoned out and thanked the crowd for their support - knowing we were outside gives encouragement and energy to the refugees detained inside.
2012 marks the 20th anniversary since the introduction of mandatory detention in Australia.