Akuol Garang is a young Sudanese-Australian woman living in Melbourne, studying human rights law and advocating for her community, multiculturalism and for people seeking asylum in Australia. She has been on SBS TV news and is an emerging writer and public voice. Akuol is part of ASRC’s Advocacy and Power Program Melbourne. Here she writes
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Abdul Razzaq is the founder of All Nations Social Cricket (ANSC) and a Cricket Australia Ambassador. Abdul and his wife are newly arrived from Pakistan and are seeking asylum in Australia. Both are part of Advocacy and Power Program and active volunteers in the community. These interviews from All Nations Cricket team demonstrate the importance
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Norman Katende travelled to the Commonwealth Games to work as a photographer and wrote this article on his observations from the games. As Australian-African communities and people seeking asylum are politicised and targeted in the media, we are proud to present an article by Norman that points to the true joy of diversity and cultural
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As we mark five years too many of mandatory offshore processing, Abdul Aziz Adam shares his statement. Five years of injustice. Five years of trauma. Five years of false imprisonment. Who will be responsible for those years and why shall we pay the price for this cruel, heartless and dangerous policy that has no mercy
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Walid Zazai speaks from Manus to the Palm Sunday Rally 2018 As the clock ticked towards midnight, I felt both dread at another long year and hope for what seems unimaginable to me – freedom. Hello everyone, my name is Walid Zazai. Thank you for asking me to speak again. Much has changed since last
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