Truth Telling: Indigenous Activism + Refugee and Asylum Seeker News

Monday, 15 January 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.


First on the show we hear from Sue-Anne Hunter. Sue-Ann is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai illum Wurrung woman, and the Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorook Justice Commission, as well as a professor of Global and Engagement at Federation University. She discusses the organisations work in addressing the historical and ongoing injustices experienced by First Nation's people in all areas of life since colonisation. 

Second on the show is David Mejia-Canales, a Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, joins Marisa to discuss South Australia's anti-protest laws and the erosion of our civil liberties. The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for governments across Australia to better protect protest rights, by releasing the Declaration of Our Right to Protest”. The Declaration is grounded in human rights law, asserts the fundamental right to protest and offers ten practical steps to safeguard the right from further erosion.

Last on the show, David Glanz of the Refugee Action Collective, brings us the latest news about refugees and asylum seekers. 

 

Doin Time 4-5pm Mondays
Monday 4:00pm to 5:00pm
An open forum, presenting information and discussion around issues faced by prisoners in the criminal justice system and migration detention centres.

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