Mon 14 Jun 2010
Fri 11 Jun 2010
June 3rd, 2010 – over 1000 of us gather at Parliament House, Canberra, to protest the pending deportation of Sheikh Mansour Leghaei.
Sheikh Mansour is to be deported without trial. Despite living peacefully for 16 years in Australia and raising a family of four children, the government is deporting him without giving him any explanation.
Fri 11 Jun 2010
On June 3rd, 2010, more than 1000 of us went to Canberra to voice our protest about the treatment of Sheikh Mansour Leghaei, who, after 16 years of peaceful living in Australia is about to be deported for reasons that the Australian authorities will not divulge. For a sildeshow of the whole album, click here.
Shortly after this photo was taken, the officer asked the girl to take down her sign
For a sildeshow of the whole album, click here.
Tue 8 Jun 2010
Thursday, June 3rd 2010, more than 1000 men, women and children travelled to Canberra to march on Parliament House, calling on the Australian government to heed the request of the United Nations and halt the deportation of Sheikh Mansour Leghaei.
The event was covered on a variety of TV News stations and in all the major papers.
Links to other TV and Newspaper coverage:
International coverage:
Sat 29 May 2010
Join us on Thursday June 3rd at 11.30am in Canberra.
Full details can be found at CanberraRally.com and you can download the poster with the details here.