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EYEKHAN'S GIFS CABINET MAGAZINE MODS AND ROCKERS COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE BALLOT SHOW SPAM SAYS: EYEKHAN'S STREAMING CONSCIOUSNESS POETRY |
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PARTY LION |
SOUND INSTALLATION |
STREAMING CONSCIOUSNESS POEMS
BY EYEKHAN Sure
of What? Snoozing An was isolated after being taken to hospital with head wounds that he apparently inflicted on himself when detainees were told that he was being removed to China. But the Howard government rejected the recommendation. Last December, Sharif Assad, a Syrian detainee was tied to a bed in Bankstown hospital, not far from the detention centre, for six days after suffering an epileptic seizure. A female detainee has spent the night in hospital after involvement in the strike. Since then, 82 Tamil refugees on Christmas Island have been transported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru. The Refugee Action Coalition says 35 asylum seekers are taking part, but a spokeswoman for the department says she only knows of eight asylum seekers. Since then, 82 Tamil refugees on Christmas Island have been transported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru. They also reported that almost all detainees were being dosed with psychiatric medication. As at March 16 this year, 617 people remained imprisoned, including 67 women and children in community detention, more than half of whom had sought refugee protection visas. The spokeswoman says the strike began when detainees thought a fellow asylum seeker, An Xiang Tao, was going to be deported. The spokeswoman says the strike began when detainees thought a fellow asylum seeker An Xiang Tao was going to be deported. Since then, 82 Tamil refugees on Christmas Island have been transported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru. An, also a Falun Gong practitioner, arrived in Australia in 2000 and had been in detention for four years before his deportation was ordered by the Federal Court earlier this year. Detainees complained to journalists of being detained for working without permission, and then being made to work at a rate of a dollar an hour, in order to buy phone cards or cigarettes. Earlier in February, six people were deported from Villawood, including three Chinese asylum seekers. About 100 Villawood detainees of many different nationalities formed a human blockade to prevent that taking place in late February. An, also a Falun Gong practitioner, arrived in Australia in 2000 and had been in detention for four years before his deportation was ordered by the Federal Court earlier this year. Brutal prison conditions The conditions faced by the detainees in Villawood are nothing short of barbaric. This meant re-opening the Australian-financed detention camp there, just weeks after the final departure of the last two of the hundreds of boat refugees incarcerated since 2001. Earlier in February, six people were deported from Villawood, including three Chinese asylum seekers. Earlier in February, six people were deported from Villawood, including three Chinese asylum seekers. The Chinese government banned the Falun Gong spiritual group in 1999 and has subjected its supporters to imprisonment and various forms of repression. Earlier in February, six people were deported from Villawood, including three Chinese asylum seekers. In October 2005, six Chinese asylum seekers held a hunger strike at Villawood for up to 55 days to protest against mandatory detention and their conditions. Since then, 82 Tamil refugees on Christmas Island have been transported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru. As of yesterday, 25 detainees were continuing the fast into its second week. That same night, on March 28, a Tanzanian asylum seeker was taken to hospital after slashing himself with broken glass. The co-convener of the inquiry, Professor Linda Briskman from Curtin University, said the inquiry had been told of at least 10 people who had died in detention since 1999. |
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EARCON + TOM MOODY |
GLEANED DETRITUS |
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HOODEN KNOOKS |
WEB DESIGN BY |
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BROOKLYN SUCKS |
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NOISE OF EXPERIMENTS BITS + PIECES |
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NOISE OF EXPERIMENTS BACON |
EARCON + CAVEPRECISE |
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FEED JENGHIZKHAN |
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LIVE @ FRONT ROOM |
ESCAPING CHIXALUB |
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! M.O.O.B @ CBGBs |
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SPONGEWORTHY |
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