鈥淪top trampling rights to win votes鈥; 鈥淪top breaking laws to win votes鈥; 鈥淪top racist policy risking lives鈥 and 鈥淪top the freeze on asylum seekers' rights鈥 were key slogans at a rally organised by Amnesty International and other human rights organisations on May 8, as part of a national day of action.
The 300 protesters heard from Chaman Shah Nasiri, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan who had suffered in the now-closed Nauru detention camp under previous Coalition prime minister John Howard's Pacific Solution policy.