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The Australia Western Sahara Association – AWSA – Webinar: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6pm

 

The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) invites you to a special event.

Western Sahara Down Under

Across the globe, nations are struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Saharawi refugees, however, are especially vulnerable to the pandemic because of their dependence on humanitarian aid, the prevalence of underlying health conditions, and the harsh and challenging environment in which they live.
In this special virtual event, we will bring you an in-depth update on how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting the refugee camps
Join us with Tecber Ahmed (Head of African Union Department, Ministry of Public Health in the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic – SADR) Haissam Minkara (Oxfam in Algeria), and Lyn Allison (Former Senator and Leader of the Australian Democrats; President of the Australia Western Sahara Association – AWSA).
You will have the chance to ask questions about how the emergency response of international NGOs is being rolled-out, the health promotion activities implemented in the camps and the impact of COVID-19 on the daily lives of Saharawi refugees..
And you will hear how you can take action to assist the emergency response and stand with Saharawi refugees as they confront the pandemic.
Details:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
6pm
#WesternSahara
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The Rise of the Far Right in Europe: The impact on human rights. Thursday, 26th September, 2019. Leichhardt Library.

In the FILEF information evening series on advocacy and human rights,  the event on Thursday 26th September  2019 at the Leichhardt Library was focused on the rise of the far right and of new nationalisms in Europe.

These developments are posing a serious threat to the social and civil rights gained after decades of political struggles. Xenophobia, homophobia and fear of diversity in general are spreading more and more among Europeans and are now a fully-fledged part of right-wing propaganda, aim of which is to scapegoat migrants, refugees and other minorities.

Speaker:

Daniele Fulvi, PhD student in Philosophy and a Teaching assistant at Western Sydney University. He also writes for Green Left Weekly and for the Italian online journal The Vision.

Videos:

AP Exclusive: Europe’s far-right wooing the young

Makes sure you return to the FILEF web page after viewing the videos!

Italy Is Trying to Criminalize Migrant-Rescue Boats – Vice News

Tecber Ahmed Saleh, Western Sahara human rights advocate, gave us an update on a case of unfinished decolonisation, in Western Sahara, where a struggle for independence continues since Morocco’s invasion of Western Sahara in 1975.

Saleh lives in the Saharawi refugee camp in South West Algeria where she works for the Ministry of Health.

 

 

 

 

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The final event in FILEF Sydney’s series of Cultural Evenings for 2018

The final event in FILEF Sydney’s series of Cultural Evenings was

SIROCCO – WINDS OF RESISTANCE

Prize-winning documentary on the plight of Western Sahara – Africa’s last colony and a UN-disputed territory.

Directed and produced by Canadian filmmaker Josh Campbell, who began the film as a research project for a Master in Journalism.

An overview of the ongoing and little-known conflict continuing since Morocco’s invasion of Western Sahara in 1975.

 Australia Western Sahara Association is part of a global network of community organizations which support the right the people of Western Sahara for independence from Morocco, the last colony in Africa and a UN-disputed territory.

Here in Australia, the Association works to raise awareness of a conflict that is very little known in this part of the world.

Special guest was Kamal Fadel, representative in Australia and Asia-Pacific of Polisario, the national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara.

Kamal holds a Master of International Relations from the University of Canterbury in the UK, holds a Post-Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law in Sydney and is admitted as a lawyer in Australia.

Trailer for the award-winning documentary, Sirocco: Winds of Resistance. https://vimeo.com/253323965

Synopsis: Saharawi women Senia Abderahman and Aziza Brahim share not only a common struggle, but also a common inheritance of nonviolent resistance from each of their grandmothers. Such traits of resistance were forged in the crucible of a distinct nomadic culture and a violent 40-year conflict that is reaching its tipping point today. Follow them as they push back against the corporate-backed occupation of their homeland, Western Sahara.

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SIROCCO – WINDS OF RESISTANCE – FILEF Film night, 6pm,1st November, 2018, Leichhardt Library, Piazza Level, Italian Forum Cultural Centre


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Australia Western Sahara Association and  FILEF invite you to a special screening of SIROCCO – WINDS OF RESISTANCE

A prize-winning documentary on the plight of Western Sahara – Africa’s last colony and a UN-disputed territory.

Directed and produced by Canadian filmmaker Josh Campbell, who began the film as a research project while completing a Master in Journalism. An overview of the ongoing and little-known conflict continuing since Morocco’s invasion of Western Sahara in 1975, of a struggle for independence using culturally derived methods of music, poetry and non-violent resistance.

 

Australia Western Sahara Association is one of a global network of community organisations which support the right of self-determination for the people of Western Sahara and works to raise awareness of the conflict (awsa.org.au)

 

SPECIAL GUEST:   

Kamal Fadel, representative in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region of Polisario, the national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan presence in the Western Sahara. Kamal holds a Master of International Relations, a post-graduate diploma of legal practice from College of Law in Sydney and is admitted as a lawyer in Australia

Q&A will follow.

 

Light Refreshments on arrival – Entry by donation

 

RSVP filefsydney@gmail.com  or FB event

This will be Filef last event for the year, come and join us afterwards at the La Giara Restaurant, for some good food and music!

All welcome!