April - 2020

[ZH Media Release] 团结起来对抗恐惧” – 澳大利亚人的选择

在五天前，有一个请愿书号召大家在冠状病毒流行期间全国人民要团结起来。目前，这个请愿书已经收到十五万多个相应人的签字。这个请愿书的发起组织是澳华论坛 - 在过去的35年里这个组织一直是冲在反对种族歧视主义的最前线。这个请愿书的名字叫 “团结起来对抗恐惧” 。请愿书最终要呈送给澳大利亚总理，反对党领袖，全部的联邦议员，并要在澳大利亚的联邦国会宣读。这个请愿书主要是支持由十六位知名的华裔澳大利亚人提出的一封公开信。这些知名的华裔澳大利亚人包括企业家 Jason Yat-Sen Li, 家庭医生和作家 Dr Cindy Pan, 知名厨师 Adam Liaw 和记者 Benjamin Law。在这个公开信中，他们特别地表达了他们对近期不断抬头的种族歧视和侮辱行为的高度担心，尤其是针对亚裔澳大利亚人。这些知名的华裔澳大利亚人指出，近期抬头的歧视华人倾向，主要由于目前冠状病毒流行所引起。这种歧视华人的倾向，对整个澳大利亚人的团结构成了很大的威胁。根据澳大利亚人权委员会的最新资料显示，在过去的两个月里，有约四分之一的种族歧视投诉是与目前冠状

[EN Media Release] Australians choose #UnityOverFear during COVID-19 - 12,000 signatures on anti-rac

A petition started just six days ago, calling for national unity during the coronavirus pandemic has already received more than 12,000 signatures. Started by the Chinese Australian Forum - an organisation which has been at the forefront of fighting racism in Australia for the last 35 years - the petition calling for #UnityOverFear will be sent to the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader and all Members of Parliament for tabling in Federal Parliament. The petition supports a

Benjamin Law on The Project: A Time For Unity

Benjamin Law, Author and Journalist, is one of the 16 prominent Chinese Australians who have penned an open letter about the rise in racial abuse during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Law was subsequently interviewed by Channel Ten's The Project earlier this week talking about why he's pledged to choose #UnityOverFear: “I think the catalyst was seeing how it had started seeping out of just conspiracy theories and racist memes. And into a lot more mainstream news reporting, appare

Campaign Launch: #UnityOverFear

During this challenging time, AustralIa’s great social cohesion is more important than ever. Yet Asian Australians are being abused just because of the way they look. Please join us and sign this petition, as we call for national unity and fairness. This is a time for all Australians to come together. On 8 April, 16 prominent Asian Australians released an open letter calling for national unity during the corona pandemic. Now is the time for all Australians to get behind and i

Chinese-Australians pen open letter about 'escalation in racial abuse' during Coronavirus Pa

Sixteen prominent Chinese-Australians, including CHAMP Ventures' Su-Ming Wong, businessman [and CAF President] Jason Yat-Sen Li and writer Benjamin Law, have penned an open letter urging national unity and expressing concern that a "recent rise in anti-Chinese sentiment is driving a marked escalation in racial abuse towards Asian Australians." "Whilst robust debate about the bilateral relationship between Australia and China is appropriate and important – especially in the co