HUMAN RIGHTS DAY FORUM - SRI LANKA: THE WORLD MUST ACT
SUNDAY 13 December 5pm-7pm
Toowong Seniors Hall
9 Maryvale St, Toowong
NB: No longer at Parliament House Annexe

Earlier this year, more than 25,000 people were killed in the military conflict, mostly indigenous Tamils. Independent observers, including UN representatives & humanitarian INGOs were expelled from Sri Lanka. Upwards of 300,000 people were imprisoned in concentration camps; many have disappeared or been arrested; thousands, fleeing persecution & multiple human rights violations, & with nowhere to go in their own country, seek the only right left to them – to request asylum in another country.

FORUM MODERATOR: Frederika Steen, refugee advocate, former immigration officer. 

SPEAKERS:

Andrew Bartlett,  refugee advocate and former Democrat senator. How Australian & international intervention might have averted this crisis

Fr Pan Jordan, Caritas humanitarian worker, Tamil Catholic priest & eyewitness of the civil war and the notorious detention camps of Sri Lanka.

Ian Rintoul – Refugee Action Collective - human rights violations & asylum seekers, Tamil rights, what Australians should do about it.

Brian Senewiratne – Australian Tamil Congress. Sinhalese Sri Lankan who is a long-time campaigner for Tamil rights.

Presented by: Refugee Action Collective, Qld

Further information: Paul. Ph: 3392 3843. Email:

The Refugee Action Collective has assumed the role of organiser and presenter of this event solely at the direct request of members of Brisbane's Tamil community. It is due only to their determination that the event should go ahead despite vigorous opposition from various quarters, that it is still on this coming Sunday. Come along to express your support for them, but also to educate yourself with facts you won't learn from the media or mainstream politicians.