Photographs from the 40th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally, held on Gadigal Land.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 40
Frank Yamma at the Chatswood Concourse Lounge
Photographs from last Thursday’s performance by Frank Yamma at the Chatswood Concourse Lounge.
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The Stiff Gins at the Chatswood Concourse Lounge
Photographs from last night’s performance by The Stiff Gins at the Chatswood Concourse Lounge, supporting Frank Yamma (those photos to come).
The Stiff Gins are marking their 25th anniversary this year.
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NAIDOC With The Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dance Group
Photographs of Wiradjuri woman, Rayma Johnson and the Buuja Buuja Butterfuly Dance Group at Eora’s NAIDOC celebrations at Carriageworks in Darlington, Gadigal Land.
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Free Palestine Portraits - Week 39
In-situ portraits from Week 39 of the Free Palestine rally, Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 39
Photographs from Sunday’s 39th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally on Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
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Free Palestine Portraits - Week 38
Portraits taken at last week’s Free Palestine rally - Week 38.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 38
Photographs of the 38th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally held on Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
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Free Palestine Rally Portraits
Portraits taken at last week’s Free Palestine rally.
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Julian Assange Returns to Australia
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, touched down in Canberra, Ngunnawal Land, Australia, last night after being found guilty of espionage by the United States for publishing evidence of war atrocities committed by American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Assange and his supporters maintain that he pled guilty for the simple act of journalism.
Assange, flanked by his lawyers, Jennifer Robinson and Barry Pollack, and accompanied by the Australian Ambassador to the USA, Kevin Rudd and the High Commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith, touched down at RAAF Fairbairn airbase at 7:30pm last night. He was warmly welcomed by his wife, Stella Assange and his father, John Shipton, along with a contingent of supporters who lined up at the perimeter of the airbase in freezing conditions. A large media presence was also on hand.
Assange was then whisked away to the East Hotel in Kingston, where a packed out press conference was held by Stella Assange, Jennifer Robinson and Barry Pollack.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 37
Photographs from the 37th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally on Gadigal Land.
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USYD Encampment Officially Closes
The pro-Palestinian encampment at USYD officially closed today, after the Sydney University Muslim Association (SUMA) announced that it had won concessions from the University’s executive on divest and disclosure demands in relation to research and trade with the arms industry, particularly in Israel. The announcement came this evening after SUMA earlier held a rally that finished with several speeches in front of the Quad Lawns at USYD.
The encampment was established two months ago and was reportedly the longest continually running pro-Palestinian university encampment in the world. SUMA was the last remaining group still maintaining a presence at the encampment after other groups decamped last week under increasing pressure from the University.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 36
Photographs from the 36th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally on Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
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Eid Mubarak
Eid al-Adha falls this year on June 16th, marking celebrations after Muslims partake in Hajj — the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
This photograph was taken of a family on a day out in the late afternoon yesterday at Circular Quay.
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Portraits from the USYD Encampment
Portraits from the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Sydney campus on Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
On Friday afternoon, the University management began removing tents and belongings from the encampment as they increase pressure to close the protest site down. Orange notices were stuck on tents, warning they would be removed by Protective Service Staff. One student had their tent confiscated along with their belongings, leaving a bare patch of grass in its place.
The encampment has been maintained at USYD for the last 54 days, one of the longest running pro-Palestinian university encampments in the world protesting against the research with and investment into Israeli military industries.
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Free Palestine Rally - Week 35
Thousands again turned up for the 35th consecutive weekly Free Palestine rally in Sydney, Australia, Gadigal Land.
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Free Palestine Rally - Canberra
Photographs from Saturday’s Free Palestine rally in Canberra, Kambri, Ngunnawal Land.
Around 250 people turned up to Garema Place to hear speeches from organisers from The Palestinian Action Group (Canberra), students from the ANU encampment, Amnesty International and healthcare workers.
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ANU Palestinian Encampment
Photographs from the Australian National University encampment for Palestine in Canberra, Kambri, Ngunnawal Country.
The camp was rained out the previous night as students began the long process of drying out and weatherproofing tents and bedding.
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Free Palestine National Day of Action - Port Botany
Photographs from last Saturday’s National Day of Action at Australian ports around the country, calling for a boycott, divestment and blocking of all trade with Israel as it continues its war on Gaza. It specifically called for a boycott of the Israeli run ZIM shipping line, but also more broadly of all Israeli businesses involved in the war on Gaza and the siege currently inflicted on Rafah.
Saturday’s action took place at Sydney’s Port Botany on Bidjigal and Dharawal country. Speakers included Assala Sayara (Palestine Action Group), Lizzy Jarrett (Gumbaynggirr-Bundjalung-Dunghutti activist, educator and poet), William Jarrett (poet), Natalie Wasely (Maritime Union of Australia), Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), Dr Rita (Palestinian doctor), Amane Issa (NSW Teachers and School Staff for Palestine) and Paul Keating (Maritime Union of Australia).
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Emergency Rally - Rafah Massacres
Hundreds turned up to Sydney Town Hall, Gadigal Land, last night to protest against the recent massacres taking place by Israeli forces across Rafah in Gaza, Palestine.
Passionate speeches were made by Palestine Action Group organisers Jana Fayyad and Amal Naser, Wongutha-Yamatji man and actor Meyne Wyatt, Sarah Sharweesh and others.
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