Resisting Australia's Refugee Torture Regime with Aran Mylvaganam and Liz Walsh

The recent hospitalisation of 4 year old Tharunicaa and the story of her family Priya, Nades, and Kopika is a perfect illustration of the brutality of the Australian government's treatment of refugees. On this episode we discuss the campaign to bring this family back to Biloela with full residency rights and what their experience has revealed about the politics of the Australian refugee torture regime. Aran Mylvaganam, a refugee who was detained as a child when he arrived in Australia in 1997 and who later founded the Tamil Refugee Council, discusses the history of Tamil persecution in Sri Lanka. Liz Walsh, socialist and veteran refugee activist, argues that the campaign for this family should be the basis for building a new movement to fight for all refugees.

Actions Saturday 19th June:

Brisbane: https://www.facebook.com/events/1744718179059352

Sydney: https://www.facebook.com/events/4109741382397300

Canberra: https://www.facebook.com/events/940855446757098

Melbourne:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2892815967657930

https://www.facebook.com/events/955419475236819

Hobart: https://www.facebook.com/events/392745478741981

Adelaide: https://www.facebook.com/events/2930566300488268

Darwin: https://www.facebook.com/events/170376411644516

Perth: https://www.facebook.com/events/398182648083729

Join the Perth campaign - https://www.facebook.com/tamilrefugeecounciloz and https://www.facebook.com/curtinuwasar 

Aran will be speaking at Socialism in Sydney - http://www.socialismsydney.com/program/2154/ 

Red Flag coverage of the story of the 'Biloela family' - https://redflag.org.au/article/relief-one-biloela-family-fight-isnt-over 

Profile of Kokilapathmapriya (Priya) Nadesalingam by Ben Hillier - https://redflag.org.au/article/freedom-fighter-celebrate-international-womens-day 

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Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. 

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