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Free All Children by Kombizz

Israel is holding more than 5000 Palestinians in its prisons. 200 of them are children. The report by The Palestinian Prisoners Society says there are also 15 women among the prisoners. The group says Palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture and maltreatment in Israeli jails, with 1,400 of them suffering …

Black Lives Matter march down I-35 by Fibonacci Blue

Minneapolis Minnesota December 4 2014 This protest and march was in response to several unarmed people of color being killed by law enforcement in the United States recently and the subsequent lack of charges or punishment for the police involved. The most recent was Eric Garner who was wrestled to …

Million March Minnesota in Minneapolis by Fibonacci Blue

Minneapolis, Minnesota December 13, 2014 Around 1000 people gathered in downtown Minneapolis for Million March Minnesota, a rally and protest against deaths of people of color at the hands of police. The crowd listened to speakers at Government Plaza, and a good number of them marched through the streets to …

Bonegilla Migrant Camp by yewenyi

This was the first ever migrant camp, opened in 1947. It closed in 1971 after having processed over 300,000 migrants. Some migrants had come back to visit while I was there, but I did not ask what they mean by processed. From wikipedia. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/5bjqr7

Free all Political prisoners banner – Refugee Children in Immigration Detention Protest Broadmeadows by John Englart (Takver)

The Refugee Action Collective organised a march and protest on Saturday 2 April 2011 against children in immigration detention outside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation at Camp Road, Broadmeadows. Despite Labor’s October announcement that all children would be released from detention, there are still more than 1,000 children locked up …