We are people from refugee backgrounds advocating for human rights and respect for multicultural communities, including people seeking asylum.
Our voices are powerful and important because of our unique lived experience and personal connection to challenges and achievements that come with seeking asylum and building life as new Australians.
Voices for Freedom is a digital space for our articles, photography, art and videos on topics of our choice.
Melbourne film maker, Mohsen Moases, reminds us that where we’re born and where we grow up is nothing more than the luck of the draw. These are his words. My name is Mohsen Moases. I wrote this article to share this story with people who cares about children on Nauru Detention Centre. One day, I
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Emerging refugee leaders in Melbourne make it clear just how important it is that people of refugee backgrounds are heard in the community. Community lawyer and refugee campaign founder, Fadak Alfayadh, joined emerging activists at ASRC’s Advocacy and Power Program Graduation to emphasize their need to reclaim the asylum and refugee narrative. “For far too
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Kurdish journalist and author, Berhouz Boochani, has released his first-hand account of being incarcerated by the Australian government for five years on Manus Island. Here is his appeal to the wider community on how we can support him in his plight. Dear friends My name is Behrouz Boochani and I am writing to you
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Ten quotes from Advocacy and Power Program graduates who are leading the way forward in human rights and refugee activism. On Thursday 26 July, eight people from refugee backgrounds presented their journey and hope for the future. Here are ten quotes from the evening that you too can take with you. 1. “I’m not lived
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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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