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dreamer_easyFirst, something cheering: 'Kia ora' - Dunedin's heart-warming airport welcome to Syrian refugees (TVNZ, 22 April 2016)
And an inspiring interview: Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs speaks out (The Saturday Paper, 23 April 2016)
And now back to the usual.
Free The Childen NAURU's latest report, which I will quote in full. "They have lowered the fence because they want you to think we are not locked up. Don't they know that the threat of punishment from the intimidating security, the threat of jail for protesting and taking photos and the deep ocean surrounding the 8sq mile tiny island is like maximum security prison with a twisted psychological torment? You can be locked behind a line drawn in the sand if there is a gun pointed at your head!"
A follow-up to yesterday's posting: Four asylum seekers behind boat journey to Australia sentenced to jail, Vietnamese group says (ABC, 24 April 2016) | Asylum seekers returned to Vietnam by Australian Navy had claims assessed at sea, UNHCR says (ABC, 21 April 2016) "We are concerned that the group wasn't screened and assessed in a way that's fair and effective, that somehow their lives may be at risk."
And an inspiring interview: Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs speaks out (The Saturday Paper, 23 April 2016)
And now back to the usual.
Free The Childen NAURU's latest report, which I will quote in full. "They have lowered the fence because they want you to think we are not locked up. Don't they know that the threat of punishment from the intimidating security, the threat of jail for protesting and taking photos and the deep ocean surrounding the 8sq mile tiny island is like maximum security prison with a twisted psychological torment? You can be locked behind a line drawn in the sand if there is a gun pointed at your head!"
A follow-up to yesterday's posting: Four asylum seekers behind boat journey to Australia sentenced to jail, Vietnamese group says (ABC, 24 April 2016) | Asylum seekers returned to Vietnam by Australian Navy had claims assessed at sea, UNHCR says (ABC, 21 April 2016) "We are concerned that the group wasn't screened and assessed in a way that's fair and effective, that somehow their lives may be at risk."
