Linda Briskman - Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia

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HUMAN RIGHTS OVERBOARD

Professor Linda Briskman is the Dr Haruhisa Handa chair of human rights education at Curtin University. She received the award to deliver the Eileen Younghusband lecture in South Africa in July 2008, for her work on the Peoples Inquiry into Detention. She is the author of two other books, Social Work with Indigenous Communities and The Black Grapevine .

Professor Chris Goddard is the director of the National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Monash University. Recognition of his accomplishments include a 2005 nomination for the UN Human Rights Award for journalism. Goddard is the author of two other books, The Truth Is Longer Than a Lie and In The Firing Line .

Susie Latham has a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of social work, and is a registered migration agent. She has worked as a volunteer for Melbournes Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre for more than five years, and has been a volunteer English tutor to refugees. She has trained general practitioners in a number of health and mental health projects, and has spent almost a decade as a union representative in various workplaces. Susie is an adjunct research associate at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University.

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Linda Briskman ; Chris Goddard ; Susie Latham.
Human rights overboard : seeking asylum in Australia

9781925113358 (e-book)

RefugeesAustralia; Detention of personsAustralia; Refugee childrenGovernment policyAustralia; Asylum, Right ofAustraliaGovernment policy; Goddard, Christopher R. (Christopher Rex), 1947-; Latham, Susie.

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CONTENTS

PART I:

PART II:

PART III:

PART IV:

PART V:

PART VI:

IN MEMORY OF

Those who died attempting to seek asylum in Australia

On unknown boats

Ayat Saber, 3

Sarti, washed overboard in rough seas while bailing water from his boat with a cooking pan

The Afghan man and the Iranian man who disappeared while trying to get drinking water when their boat was stuck on an island

On the boat SIEV 5

A young baby

On the boat SIEV 7

Hussein Yahia, 30, father of two

Thamer Hussein

Haithem Dawood

On the boat SIEV X

Zahra, daughter of Sondos Ismail, 6

Fatima, daughter of Sondos Ismail, 7

Eman, daughter of Sondos Ismail, 8

Khadija Ismail

Leyla, wife of Faris Kadhem

Zahra, daughter of Faris Kadhem, 7

Zainalabaden Aluomer

Wife of Zainalabaden Aluomer

Mother of Zainalabaden Aluomer

Sana, wife of Sadiq Raza

Souad Alrimahi, 32

Ahsan Alrimahi, 42

Mahmoud Alrimahi, 6

Moustafa Alrimahi, 4

Fatima Alrimahi, 14

Roukaya Alrimahi, 7

Zaynab Sobie, 31

Donya Sobie, 14

Marva Sobie, 12

Hajaran Sobie, 10

Kaber Khan

Mohammed Khan

Sohki Khan

Salman Khan

Raad Al-Saiegh , 26

Kauthar Raad, 4

Alya Raad, 2

Najla Muhsin, 20

Haydar Muhsin, 22

Karrar, son of Najah Muhsin, 1

Kaltom Al-Battat, 25

Fatima Falah, 5

Batoul Falah, 2

Ali Falah, 1

Wife of Fawzi Qasim, 30

Ayat Fawzi, 8

Noor Fawzi, 6

Fatima Fawzi, 1

Wife of Haidar Ataa, 25

Rem Haidar, 4

Rakem Haidar, 2

Ammar Ismail, 19

Akhlas, wife of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 27

Hamda, mother of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 49

Noor, daughter of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 11

Fatama, daughter of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 8

Nargis, daughter of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 5

Mohammed, son of Hazam Al Rowaimi, 3

Ahmad, son of Kareem Jabar Husein, 8

Dr Kamel Mohsen Al Battat, 40

Aminah Hassan Al Battat, 33

Zainab Al Battat, 4

Mohamad Al Battat, 10

Wissam Al Battat, 8

Zahra Al Battat, 1

Abas, brother of Hussein Jawad, 5

Naima, mother of Hussein Jawad, 31

Raghed Jabbar Al Saadi, 27

Mohammad Al Muntazar Alghazzi, 4

Ali Almurtada Al Ghazzi, 5

Reyam Al Ghazzi, 10

Yasser Al Helou, 45

Ahmad Yasser Al Helou, 16

Noor Yasser Al Helou, 7

Marwa Al Helou, 3

Doha Yasser Al Helou, 2

Sayed Hassan Al Yassiry, 38

Wife of Sayed Al Yassiry, 30

Fatima Al Yassiry, 5

Zahra Al Yassiry, 3

Abu Yasin

Wife of Abu Yasin

Houda, daughter of Abu Yasin

Muhammad, son of Abu Yasin

Rabab Jawad, 9

Sameeya Al Zohairi, 58

Hadeer Al Zohairi, 15

Hadeel Al Zohairi, 19

Rabih Al Helou, 45

Ahmad Al Helou

Hamza Al Helou

Mostapha Al Helou

Zaynab Al Helou

Batoul Al Helou

Narjas Al Helou

Wife of Sabah Latif Ali

Daughter of Sabah Latif Ali

Amir Al Husseini, 61

Kareema Al Juborie, 27

Mona Al Husseini, 26

Yasser Ali Al Husseini, 10

Mahdi Al Husseini, 6

Asnan Ali Al Husseini, 7

Nasser Amir Al Husseini, 9

Ahmad Amir Al Husseini, 10

Diya Al Saadi, 26

Raged Alzaydi, 26

Ali Diya Al Saadi, 3

Ahmed Diya Al Saadi, baby

Ali Latif Al Saadi, 16

Fatimah Jabbar Alidawi, 32

Mohammed Alghizzy, 10

Hussein Alghizzy, 7

Zahraa Alghizzy, 8

Alyaa Alghizzy, 4

Karima Al Noori

Aliyaa Al Noori, 7

Mohammad Hossein Al Noori, 4

Farhare Jezani

Semira Baceri

Neda Jezani, 19

Noora Jezani, 17

Mohammad Jezani, 15

Reaz Jezani, 13

Mehdi Jezani, 10

Raad Neezar Kawery, 20

Ahmad Tememi, 25

Ali, Yazd village, 20

Abda Rezo Chechan, 22

Kasim Kawery, 22

Mehdi Mandalawe, 18

Mohammad Negmann, 21

Saed Kareem, 35

Wife of Saed Kareem

Abo Salah

Bahar Hadi

Wife of Bahar Hadi

Daughter of Bahar Hadi

Second daughter of Bahar Hadi

Monaf Al Alawy, 25

Fatima Al Alawy, 25

Hassan Al Alawy, 7

Baby Al Alawy

Ahmed Al Alawy, 23

and 219 more men, women and children

Those who died in Australian Immigration Detention:

The American man who died of liver disease in Villawood in 1998

Viliami Tanginoa, 53

Hai Phuoc Vo, 36

Mohammed Saleh, 41

Avion Gumede

Phuangtong Simaplee, 27

Nurjan Hussaini, 55

Fatima Husseini, 20, pregnant

Thi Hang Le, 33

The person who died of alcohol poisoning at Leeuwin Barracks in March 2002

Mohammed Sarwar, 20s

Fatima Erfani, 20s, mother of three

Mansur La Ibu, 21

The person who died of drug related illnesses at Maribyrnong detention centre in June 2003

Seong Ho Kang, 37, father of two

Marc Lao Thao, 70s

The person who died of lung cancer at Maribyrnong detention centre in March 2005

Muhammed Heri, 37

Pishevarz Khodaverdi, 64

Those who died having had their applications for asylum in Australia rejected:

The only children, aged six and nine, of an Afghan man, who died when a grenade was dropped on their house after their father was refused asylum in Australia