CARAD

Recent documentaries, available on DVD or internet:

SBS: "The Man Who Jumped" - a comprehensive and critical look at Australia's mandatory detention policy since 2000 with the focus on one man who dared to try and stand up to the system.

ABC Four Corners: 'Asylum' - a disturbing insight into the experiences of asylum seekers in detention camps in Australia, and the long lasting impact of detention.

SBS:  'Go Back To Where You Came From' - Six Australians experience the journey of a refugee and change their perceptions along the way.

ABC Four Corners: 'Where are they now' - the story of refugees from Cambodia and their new life in Australia

ABC: "Leaky Boat" - Australia's reaction to the 'Tampa' incident

Reports:

Centre for Policy Development - A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees and Asylum Seekers (August 2011)

• "Acting from the Heart" edited by Sarah Mares and Louise Newman.
  
       The book is fuelled by a righteous anger against the Australian Government's inhuman policy of locking up over 4,000 children in squalid camps in the outback. It is a compilation of over 50 stories from Australians who have taken a stand on the refugee issue here in our own country.  A wonderful exposition of the range of things advocates have done and still do in the face of injustice.
•  Morris Gleitzman   [2002] Boy Overboard. Puffin Books. Story written  to ‘express my sympathy for children everywhere who have to flee to survive and my admiration for the adults who embrace them at the end of their journey’
• Peter Mares [2002 -2^nd edition] Borderline: Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. UNSW Press
  A testament to the power of Australian journalism at its best [Peter Craven]. The WA book launch was made by Refugee Council of Australia and CARAD Board member, Dr Judyth Watson.
• Heather Tyler [2003] Asylum: Voices behind the razor wire. Lothian Books. Stories of asylum seekers  and their journeys to Australia and their subsequent detention documenting the impact of Government policies on them.
• Frank Brennan [2003] Tampering with Asylum: A universal humanitarian problem. University Queensland Press. Post Tampa analysis
• David Marr and Marian Wilkinson [2003] Dark Victory.  Allen and Unwin. Analysis of the 2001 election victory of the Howard Govt. David Marr was the first speaker in CARAD's Out of the Dark lecture series.
• Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard  [2008] Human Rights Overboard; seeking asylum in Australia Draws together for the first time the oral testimony and written submissions from the People’s Inquiry Into Detention in a powerful and vital book that stands as an indictment of Australia’s refugee policy. Prof. Linda Briskman is chair of the Human Rights Education Centre at Curtin University
• Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman [2008] The Rug Maker of Mazar-e- Sharif. Insight publications. This and next 5 books tell stories of life in Afghanistan and subsequent settlement experiences of refugees that CARAD members will find of interest.
• Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman [2011] The Honey Thief. Wild Dingo publications. Both written  collaboratively and testaments to the skills and lives of Afghans in Australia and their generous advocates.
• Siba Shakib [2002] Afghanistan: where God Only comes to Weep; a woman’s story of courage struggle and determination. Century press
• Hamida Chafour [2007] The Sleeping Buddha; the story of one family’s past and Afghanistan’s search for a future. Random House

★Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees by Caroline Moorhead
Traveling for nearly two years and across four continents, Caroline Moorehead takes readers on a journey to understand why millions of people are forced to abandon their homes, possessions, and families in order to find a place where they may, quite literally, be allowed to live.

★Raising My Voice by Malalai Jaya
She represents the voiceless, the oppressed, the victims and the innocents of Afghanistan's endless cycle of violence. She's outspoken, passionate and fearless – an extraordinary woman to emerge from decades of brutal and misogynistic repression.

★I Shall Not Hate by Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish - A Gaza Doctor’s journey on the road to peace and human dignity

★Heart of Darfur by Lisa French Baker
When Medecins Sans Frontieres sent Kiwi nurse Lisa French Baker to Sudan, she was in for the toughest time of her life, treating children with machete wounds, babies dying of dehydration, girls giving birth at 13 and women too traumatised to carry on living.

★Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland
'I heard a voice in my head. You will live, it said. You will live.' An incredible true story of courage, resilience and hope: one girl's journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.

★ Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West.

On April 7, 1988, Albie Sachs, an activist South African lawyer and a leading member of the ANC, was car-bombed in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, by agents of South Africa's security forces. His right arm was blown off and he lost the sight of one eye. This intimate and moving account of his recovery records the gradual recuperation of his broken body, his complex interaction with health professionals, the importance of touch and sensuality, and his triumphant reentry into the world. It also captures the spirit of a remarkable man: his enormous optimism, his commitment to social justice, and his joyous wonder at the life that surrounds him.

A young doctor in a war torn village shares his experience of caring for noncombatants trapped in a civil war and ponders his responsibility for the lives of others.

• Shake Hands With the Devil by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire
Force Commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda 1993-94 - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

• Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagazia with Steve Erwin
the miraculous story of how Immaculee Ilibagiza survived the Rwanda genocide and strengthened her relationship with God

• Catherine’s Gift by John Little
The inspirational story of Dr Catherine Hamlin AC, who started working in 1959 in Ethiopia with fistula victims, and has helped tens of thousands of afflicted women return to normal life.