Advocates for Dignity

AFD is a non-profit advocating for #democracy and #humanrights in #Turkey, raising awareness of its declining #pressfreedom and documenting #violations.

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You Are Invited: Refugee Week Art & Story Writing Competition 2026

🔗 Submit Your Artwork & Story

https://t.co/rwo0lgTRIY

Story Writing Registration Link

https://t.co/WQ5JlvaG8s

Date: Saturday 20 June
Time: 13:00
Venue: Broadmeadows Town Hall - 10 Dimboola Rd, Broadmeadows

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You Are Invited: Refugee Week Story Competition 2026!
2026 Theme: A Million Stories: Journey to Hope
Please read registration form carefully before submitting your entry.

📷 Submit Your Story
https://t.co/WQ5JlvaG8s
15th of May 2025

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You Are Invited: Refugee Week Art Competition 2026!
2026 Theme: A Million Stories: Journey to Hope
Please read each registration form carefully before submitting your entry.
📷 Submit Your Story
https://t.co/WQ5JlvaG8s
until 15th of May 2025

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Refugee Week Art Compatition 2025
📷 Adult Category (Community) Winners
📷 1st Place: Lasantha Hitibandaranayake
📷 2nd Place: Afreen Sayyada – St Georges Grammar
📷 3rd Place: Huda Khan
📷 Congratulations to all Adult for sharing their creativity & powerful stories through art

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📷 Refugee Week 2025 Art Competition
📷 Secondary Category (Years 7–12) Winners
📷 1st Place: Rahaf Al Hayeek – Elevation Secondary
📷 2nd Place: Rahat Kaur – Epping Secondary
📷 3rd Place: Hajaar Igamberdieva – Home School
📷 Congratulations to all Secondary for their Artworks

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📷 Refugee Week 2025 Art Competition
📷 Primary Category (Years 4–6) Winners:
📷 1st Place: Milay Ozcan – Sirius College
📷 2nd Place: Hania Usman Choudry – Sirius College
📷 3rd Place: Mohammad Abdulwahab – Ilim College
📷 Congratulations to Primary for sharing their Artworks

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📷 Refugee Week 2025:
On Saturday, 14 June 2025, Broadmeadows Town Hall came alive with colour, creativity, connection as Advocates for Dignity & Hume City Council proudly hosted the Refugee Week Art Competition and Celebration Program.
“Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community”

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You Are Invited: Refugee Week Art Competition 2026!

🔗 Submit Your Story
https://t.co/WQ5JlvaG8s
Details of the Refugee Week event:
Date: Saturday 20th June
Time: 13:00- 17:00
Venue: Broadmeadows Town Hall
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please submit your entry by 5pm, Friday 15th May 2026

[Advocates for Dignity @afd_australia]

You Are Invited: Refugee Week Art Competition 2026!
🔗 Submit Your Story
https://t.co/WQ5JlvaG8s
Details of the Refugee Week event:
Date: Saturday 20th of June
Time: 13:00- 17:00
Venue: Broadmeadows Town Hall
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please submit your entry by 5pm, Friday 15th of May

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📍 Sydney | Exhibition of Silent Screams
🕯️ Exhibition of Silent Screams comes to Sydney.

A powerful exhibition featuring personal stories, artworks, and testimonies highlighting human rights violations in Turkey.

📅 Feb 12, 2026 | ⏰ 3:00–9:00 PM
📍 Customs House Sydney

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📍 Melbourne | Exhibition of Silent Screams
🕯️ Exhibition of Silent Screams
A traveling human rights exhibition sharing personal stories, memory objects, and testimonies from people affected by oppression in Turkey.

📅 Feb 10, 2026 | ⏰ 4:30–9:00 PM
📍 Serenity Community Centre

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We are devastated by the tragic events at Bondi Beach today. The killing of innocent people is an attack on all humanity. As a non‑for‑profit committed to peace and community harmony, we stand in solidarity with the victims, their families, and the wider Sydney community.

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Walk and Ride for Water — a movement bringing clean, safe water to communities in need. 💧

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🌍 Every step and every ride can change a life.
Join Advocates for Dignity and ARO in the Walk and Ride for Water — a movement to bring clean, safe water to communities in need. 💧
Together, we walk for dignity, we ride for hope.
#WalkAndRideForWater #CleanWater

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Mass detentions in Türkiye haven’t stopped. In Issue #279 we track arrests, trials & rights violations tied to Gülen linked operations since 2016. Read the full database and analysis.

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Turkey ranks 159/180 for press freedom — proof of a deepening crackdown on independent media. #PressFreedom #Turkey

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Women jailed under emergency decrees celebrated #29October with their children, dressing them in red-and-white T-shirts and waving the Turkish flag inside the prison walls.

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Turkey ranks among countries practicing religious discrimination, with over 200 Christian workers expelled since 2020. The 2025 Religious Freedom in the World Report highlights systemic issues affecting religious minorities.

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Since the 2016 coup attempt, #Turkey has faced widespread human rights abuses, with journalists, critics, and opposition voices being silenced. ⚠️ Right to Life Violations: 1,307 Total Lives Lost

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Another week marked by unlawful detentions, media bans, and suppression of fundamental freedoms in Turkey.

#HumanRights #Turkey #FreedomOfExpression