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AustraliaAsylum seekers risk all for new life outside Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — In the suburbs of Afghanistan’s capital on the third floor of a modest apartment building live newlyweds Mushtaq and Haleema Changezi. They tied the knot in a traditional ceremony just four...
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AustraliaRefugee advocate killed in bicycle crash
Jane Bardon Refugee advocate Vikki Riley A Darwin refugee advocate, who has been running art projects for asylum seekers in detention centres, has died after her bicycle collided with a car. Vikki Riley, 50, organised...
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AustraliaAustralia’s border control polices leave refugees to die
By Jay Fletcher Fewer than 50 Hazara refugees from Afghanistan survived when a refugee boat sank en route to Australia on August 29. Amid the tragedy and horror, Australian politicians have stormed and blustered over...
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AustraliaFor Mahdi, 17, second attempt to make new life ends in tragedy
The voyage ends in heartache and frustration … an asylum seeker is forced off his boat in the Indonesian port of Merak in April. Photo: AFP For at least one of the Afghan asylum seekers...
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AustraliaLeaving is better than staying to face death
Muhammad Khani I want to talk about my people, the Hazara people. The emigration of Hazara people started about 200 years ago. In the 1890s, the British-backed Amir of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan, killed 64...
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ArtHazara community experiences explained in city
BY NICOLE PRECEL AN EXHIBITION celebrating the diversity of the Hazara community has been launched in the city. A collaboration of Melbourne and Kabul artists, Bamiyarra Not So Still(s) showcases photojournalism, video projection and sound...
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AustraliaHazara Girl – The Warriors’ special story
Many players have biographies, but not many have their name attached to a children’s book. The Warriors are one game away from the NRL grand final – but that’s not the only story that’s worth...
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AustraliaPeople’s need to flee means the boats will never stop
Debra Jopson It may be a dilemma for the Australian people but, for those seeking asylum, it is life and death. ‘We didn’t have any clue where we were going. We didn’t know that we...
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ArtConcrete me
A cross –cultural collaborative exhibition Aziza Zafari On 5th of July 2012, at 6 PM, avisual arts exhibition was started under the name “Concrete Me” by two emerging artists ElyasAlavi& Andre Lawrence at Nexus Multicultural...
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AustraliaAs 108 Drowned, They Cried: ‘Pray For Us’
Lost ... Fatima Nekbakht and sons Mujtaba and Asif. Photo: Jessie TaylorAfter a nine-month investigation, Natalie O’Brien reveals the true story behind the deaths of 105 asylum seekers and three crew – and the failure...
By Hazara International