Naomi Klein and Tariq Ali attack festival host over Australia's asylum policy

Klein, Ali and other speakers criticise festival of dangerous ideas organiser for having an outspoken supporter of Australia’s asylum seeker policies on its board

Naomi Klein, Tariq Ali and other high-profile speakers at Sydney’s coming festival of dangerous ideas have condemned the festival host for having an outspoken supporter of Australia’s asylum seeker policies on its board.

Klein, Ali, Johann Hari, Laurie Penny and Jon Ronson have written an open letter condemning Australia’s migration policies after last week’s aborted Australian Border Force operation and continuing reports of abuses in detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.

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