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:

• ABC News: Sheikh’s supporters protest against his deportation
• SBS World News: Hundreds protest over sheikh’s deportation
• Bigpond News: Protesters rally over Sheikh deportation
• Brisbane Times: Peace prize winner in bid to save sheikh
• eFarming: Sheikh’s supporters protest against his deportation
• Optus News: Deporting sheikh ‘would breach human rights’
• Seven News: Sheikh’s supporters protest against his deportation
• Sky News: Protesters rally in bid to save Sheikh (video not working)

International coverage:

• RFI.fr (French News): L’Australie expulse un cheikh islamiste accusé d’être un risque pour la sécurité nationale (nb. click icon in top-right corner to replay radio interview).