HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE GATHERED IN AUSTRALIA TO SHOW SOLIDARITY W...

World | January 27, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Australia to show solidarity with nearly 200 Afghan asylum seekers who are on their twelfth day of a hunger strike. Australia's immigration minister is standing firm on the policy, already slammed by the United Nations and human rights groups. The government has refused to bow to what it calls moral blackmail and insists it will not be at fault if people die.

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