Did you know The Australian Open has an official promotional partnership with Accor Group who are complicit in ongoing refugee detention torture?
Accor own Mantra Bell City Preston where there are currently about 50 detainees being held hostage inside. Prior to being held at Mantra, they have been detained forcibly for over 7 years in Australian-run detention centres.
While you are having a good time, sipping your coffee & alcohol, and watching the Australian Open, our communities have been detained indefinitely inside concentration camps. These camps continue to exist for this long due to the support of economic giants such as the Australian Open, Accor and MSS Security. The international game you are watching is indeed part of the detention industrial complex.
RISE highly condemns the Australian Open for partnering with Accor, who runs Mantra Hotel and have dirty deals with the Government to torture and detain refugees.
Our supporters are running a Twitter Storm to DISRUPT #AO2020 to bring to the world’s attention of the current ongoing human rights abuse against refugees in Australia.
You can join them on Twitter, on Sunday 2nd Feb 2020 at 7pm AEST.
“I sympathise with those who are quarantined in Christmas Island but comparing them to refugees is disgraceful, and downplays Refugee suvivours' detention oppression.
Daily abuse and torture in Christmas Island detention by the Australian government is far more systematic than the current situation they are experiencing. We didnt have the luxury or oportunity to walk away from detention oppression while being held hostage indefinitely in Christmas Island detention. We were forced to accept all the torture and abuse against our bodies with no option. Our bodies are abused and tortured within Australia's ludicrous "human rights system"- far more than you could imagine.
Downplaying, silencing and comparing our detention oppression makes suvivors angry.” ~ by RISE Founder and former Christmas Island detainee, Ramesh Fernandez
HAPPENING NOW: Banner Drop in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to bring to the public and the Australian Open attendees attention to the ongoing indefinite detention in Australia.
eX-detainees at RISE are calling on the international communities to put pressure on the United Nations to sanction Australia from participate on international human rights forums and making decisions on human rights until ALL detention centres in Australia is shut down PERMANENTLY.
We should not wait until one more refugee is murdered, tortured or refouled by Australia. http://
HAPPENING NOW : End Detention & #SanctionAustra
Sponsors of Australian open also sponsor torture of refugees https://
We cannot wait until one or more refugees are tortured or murdered by Australia http://
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