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Solidarity with Tamil asylum seekers in Merak - 18 January
Extracts from speeches made at rally in Melbourne to mark the 100th day of the stand-off involving 254 Tamil asylum seekers whose boat was prevented from reaching Australia following a phone call from Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the Indonesian President ...
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| Produced by | pc |
| Directed by | pc |
| Produced | Jan 19, 2010 |
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This video is intended to accompany a report on Melbourne Indymedia - http://indymedia.org.au/2010/01/18/saying-no-to-the-indonesian-solution-rally-at-state-library-18-january-2010 - which includes photos and background information, as well as audio files of the speeches in full. Speakers at the rally, which was organised by the Refugee Action Collective and was one of several held across Australia and the world on the day, included Kanchana Senthura of the Australian Tamil Congress, Setyo Budi of the Indonesia Solidarity Forum, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, as well as Nicole from the Refugee Action Collective. In addition, there was a phone link to the boat, allowing the asylum seekers' spokesperson "Alex" to deliver a message to the rally.
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Please, need more Tamil refugee videos, particularly from Indonesia?