Melbourne: Representative of Refugee Action Network among Hazara protestors

Adelaide Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

Brisbane Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

Auckland Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

International Day of Protest against killing of Hazaras – Melbourne

Message from hunger strikers in Curtin Detention Centre

This comes from an Afghan asylum seeker who was taking part in the mass hunger strikes that broke out on January 18: There are 1,100 people in Curtin detention prison. More than 300 are on hunger strike. The rest, 100 percent, are boycotting the mess. Last week only three people got a decision, all of […]

Returning asylum seekers to Afghanistan will place them in grave jeopardy

Back to the danger zone Phil Glendenning | January 19, 2011 IN HIS recent quarterly report on Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began his discussion of the security situation there with the simple statement: “During the reporting period, the number of security incidents was 66 per cent higher than during the same period in 2009.” […]

Refugee groups say government advice on Hazara asylum-seekers is wrong

# Joe Kelly/ # From: The Australian REFUGEE groups fear a “flawed” government assessment of Afghanistan will unfairly taint asylum-seekers’ applications to stay in Australia. The assessment by the Australian embassy in Kabul, dated February 21, says many ethnic Hazaras in Afghanistan are fleeing the country as economic migrants, not genuine refugees, and that they […]

Wrong information about Hazaras in leaked papers

Hazara People: News and reports say that attacks on Hazara people have been increased in 2010. Dozens of Hazara people were killed by Pashtun fundamentalists in Wardak, Urozgan and Gazni provinces. Just thousands of Hazaras forced to flee after a bloody attack by Kuchi- Taliban in may 2010 (Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission). Unfortunately the […]

Man admits handling money related to people-smuggling attempt

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has admitted handling money involved in an attempt to smuggle Afghan asylum seekers to Australia. Rahmatullah Bostan, formerly of Shepparton, received more than $50,000 as part of the people-smuggling operation and transferred the funds to Indonesia. Bostan pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday to receiving and dealing with money from […]