Local Indian community mourns loss of Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher
HOBART’S Sikh community will come together to remember the 29-year-old Brisbane City Council bus driver who died after being set on fire while working.
HOBART’S Sikh community will come together to remember the 29-year-old Brisbane City Council bus driver who died after being set on fire while working.
The Guru Nanak Society of Tasmania will join with other Indian community groups in a vigil for Manmeet Alisher on Parliament Lawns today from 7.30pm.
Manmeet Alisher, also known as Manmeet Sharma, was burned alive when an incendiary device was thrown at him while he was letting passengers on at Moorooka on Friday, October 28.
A prominent figure and beloved singer in the Punjabi community, Mr Alisher was employed as a casual bus driver and had only been working in the job for several months.
Anthony O’Donohue, 48, has been charged with murder, arson and 11 counts of attempted murder relating to others on the bus, and will remain in custody until his case returns to court in late November.
In a separate event, Amnesty International will today hold a protest against proposed new Federal Government legislation that would prevent anyone who has attempted to arrive in Australia by boat after July 19, 2013, to be prevented from ever setting foot in the country.
The group will ask Hobart residents to raise their voices and sound their horns in a “honk-a-thon” at the corner of Murray and Macquarie streets from 5pm.
Amnesty’s Tasmanian Refugee Rights Group co-convener Carol Bristow said the Government’s latest proposal was a “new low”.
“People in our community are horrified at this cruel response to people who are seeking our help to have safety and peace,” she said.
Amnesty is pushing for the Australian Government to end offshore detention.
The protest comes as eight Syrian and Iraqi refugee families arrive in the state this week, with 20 families expected to arrive before Christmas.
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Originally published as Local Indian community mourns loss of Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher
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