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would like to express our warm thanks to all of you who responded so
overwhelmingly to our statement on ethical leadership. <br>
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<div><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">In the
space of a few days, our statement received over 500 signatures from
researchers and teachers, ranging from postgraduates
to emeritus professors from universities across Australia, the EU,
North and South America, South Asia, the Middle East and New Zealand. </span></font></div>
<div><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">The asylum statement and complete list of signatories is available here: <br>
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<div><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP','Segoe UI WPC',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">We have now mailed out the statement and list of signatories as letters to the Prime Minister and Immigration Minister. </span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP','Segoe UI WPC',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">A link to the statement and signatories was also included in </span><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP','Segoe UI WPC',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">an article
by Oliver Laughland in The Guardian on July 24. Laughland situated
our statement in the context of the Australian Human Rights Commission
report documenting the mental health crisis unfolding on Christmas
Island. The Guardian article is available here:</span><br>
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<div><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/call-to-process-asylum-families-onshore-after-human-rights-commission-visit" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:13px">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/call-to-process-asylum-families-onshore-after-human-rights-commission-visit</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">Another link
was attached to the article we co-authored for The Conversation on July
23. The article has been shared thousands of times. You
can access it here:<br>
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<div><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><a href="https://theconversation.com/global-law-and-decency-our-double-standards-on-mh17-and-asylum-seekers-29490" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/global-law-and-decency-our-double-standards-on-mh17-and-asylum-seekers-29490</a>. <br>
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<div><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP','Segoe UI WPC',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">Finally, our statement has been tweeted and shared on FaceBook scores of times, and picked up on at least one community
radio station. This is in addition to the original New Matilda story. </span><br>
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<div>We are in the process of compiling an email list of all the
signatories, but in the meantime please do forward and post these links
to your networks.<br>
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<div>We are very grateful to all of you for your commitment to this
urgent issue. We are proud of the collective stance we have made as
a community of humanities and social sciences academics. <br>
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<div>For any more information please contact: <a href="mailto:S.Perera@Curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">S.Perera@Curtin.edu.au</a><br>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">With best wishes, </font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">Suvendi & Joseph</font></div>
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<div> Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese<br>
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<p><em>Professor Suvendrini Perera</em></p>
<p><em>School of Media, Culture & Creative Arts</em></p>
<p><em>Deputy Director, Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute</em></p>
<p><em>Curtin University, Western Australia </em></p>
<p><em>Email: <a href="mailto:S.Perera@Curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">S.Perera@Curtin.edu.au</a></em></p></div>