Master Jeronimo & JC's
Protest Against Human Rights Discrimination
AUSTRALIAN LEADER J. HOWARD GOVERNMENT
SY$TEM IS DISCRIMINATING HUMANS FROM THE SO-CALLED "3rd world" =
or, people that don't have a "$pecial" (??) account certificate with
the European "1st. world thief bank sy$tem",
BACK TO MAIN / RODA *Check There are letters in Portuguese not translated here
----- Original Message ----- From: Mestre Jeronimo Capoeira - JC To: Senator Santo Santoro Cc: John Howard ; Philip Ruddock ; Presidente Lula ; Presidente do BR ; Gilberto Gil ; > Brazilian Community Council of Austrália ; Camara de Comercio BR-AU ; Embaixada do Brasil - AUS ; Jornal Senado ; Ministério da Cultura ; VEJA ; Paul Pierce - Waverley Mayor > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Senator Santo Santoro - QLD Sydney, 12 November 2003
Senator Santo Santoro, Senator for Quensland
Dear Senator Santoro Thank you for you letter of support sent to the Minister of Citizenship and multicultural affairs, Hon Gary Hardgrave, on behalf of JC'S Capoeira Angola School - Community Arts and Culture in Australia. Our community will be notified of your attitude to this matter, regarding the discrimination that the decision-makers in Brasilia, the DIMIA and the government of the Prime Minister of Australia imposed to the Brazilian artists invited to perform at our community cultural Festival -- denying a Visa to our 2003 International Australian Capoeira Angola Festival. It is good to know, however, that Mr. Gary Hardgrave in his letter to the Senator says: [ you may be assured that any future applications lodged by the Capoeira dancers (JC'S School) will be considered on their merits by authorised decision-makers applying Australian immigration law and policy ]. Indeed, we will be looking to further festivals to add to the education and evolution of our community in Australia. Particularly, after the good news that the Minister of Culture in Brasil, singer Gilberto Gil, may be present at the 2004 Womad, in Adelaide. The presence of such artist and a Minister of the Brazilian government may add to help to improve the way such applications are reviewed to artists to entry Australia. Otherwise, it is good to mention that he hear that Mr Gilberto Gil can't entry the USA as a person himself, yet, the honourable Minister of Education is not denied a Visa (?). We hope that in Australia we can progress better then voting to the attitude that discriminates those that can't 'prove' they are not 'poor' - or else, as Pauline Hanson's situation that was 'reviewed' by the decision-makers granting a Visa out of jail. People such as the Brazilian artists and many
in detention centre in Australia and other Cuba illegal USA jails sometimes
do not have the same 'merit' and opportunity to be considered as a human
as some corrupted politicians and millionaire investors that can cross
the Australian borders without following the compliance required to protect
our community.
Thank you very much Senator for your support and
best wishes to JC'S to add to Australia evolution.
Yours sincerely, (on the behalf of JC'S Capoeira Angola School - Community Arts and Culture in Australia)< Jeronimo Santos Da Silva
Thursday, 11 September 2003 The Hon. Gary Hardgrave MP Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
The Hon Minister for Immigration and Multicultural
and Indigenous Affairs
Thank you, Hon Minister, for your letter dated
from 5 September 2003.
The Hon. Minister Hardgrave is writing to JC'S Capoeira Angola School – Community Arts and Culture in Australia, in behalf of the Hon Phillip Ruddock MP, Minister for immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. The Prime Minister government refused a visa to the Brazilian artists invited to contribute to the 1st Australian International Capoeira Angola Festival, sponsored by JC'S in June 2003. The Hon Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs is now replying the e-mail they received on 8 July to justify the verdict from the DIMIA, the Australian Consular Service in Brasil. Unfortunately, to the disgust of our Australian community, JC’S non-profit community event was given up for lost, and we had a loss with this mess. Hon Minister, we are sorry, but to accept such ‘poor excuse’ that the artists do not fit with the ‘criteria’ that this government wants is not correct. Your government is sending the wrong message and DIMIA is not providing the proper work that we need to progress Australia with arts and culture. Yet, on his letter to JC’S the Hon Minister justifies
DIMIA…
Hon Minister, which (DIMIA$$) criteria $hould be regarded as Hon arable ??? DIMIA decision-makers received faxes from the Brazilian Minister Luis Fachini Gomes, in behalf of the Brazilian Consulate in Sydney, requesting support to the artists and the cultural relationship of the two countries. One of the letters was sent direct to the Australian Ambassador in Brasil, Mr. John Sullivan. Yet, the BR Minister request was disregarded, or ignored – ??? Not to say that the Australian organizations supporting the event were also dishonoured. When the Minister writes… [ It is open to the Capoeira dancers to lodge fresh applications for business visitor visas and to provide any additional information which they consider may provide sufficient evidence to satisfy the decision-makers that they meet criteria for the grant of business visitor visas ] – Thankyou mate, yet… Let’s remind the Hon Minister that two visa applications were submitted. As for the $o-called “criteria” that is on your letter, Hon Minister, one of the artists and his spouse have an income by around R$5500 ($Real) a month. Let us remind the Hon Minister that this wage in Brasil can be match up to as someone that in Australia earns by around $1000 weekly. They own cars and houses, and work in Brasil to the public service and two of them to their local Council. Not to mention that they had a weekend workshop with the South Africa Capoeira community in Johannesburg after the Australian event. Hon Minister, the unfruitful verdict by the DIMIA let our Australian kids very sad. They were inspired, educated to record their own Capoeira songs composed to the event. JC’S offspring keep asking why can’t they have this cultural gift. Our country had a loss with the mess provoked by the DIMIA and our reputation as a nation of immigrants is going to be put down if the Prime Minister government continues to deny education that may disembark in the form of artists visiting Australia. Hon Minister, if your Liberal government continues to ‘play’ with this attitude, denying education and arts to our community, such anti-family attitude could be ‘clas$ified’ (voted) as nepotism, or racial discrimination. Please, review ASAP this attitude and get the DIMIA staff to work fittingly to our social (cultural) progress. We need support to our events in Australia, support to cultural and family matters. If that ‘game’ is part of the Liberal agenda a handclap (vote?) from our community will turn up. Otherwise, a public Capoeira Angola message of disgust to this government will “dance” in public events, at Universities and Schools, Radio, Internet, Media, etc. By the way, the Festival of the Winds in Bondi Beach on September 14 is going to be rewarded with JC’S Capoeira Angola performance and public workshops. The Hon Minister is welcomed to support the festival and join us – the community. Hon Minister, I like my vote and my work (Capoeira) to those that aim to support education and arts and do not discriminate against the human race. Hon Minister, thank you again for the reply. On the behalf of JC’S community, Capoeira Angola in Australia, Yours sincerely
Jerônimo Santos Da Silva
Mestre Jeronimo - Master JC
Sydney, July 07, 2003 *Please, forward (translate) this letter to everybody
that supports Culture and respect Human Rights. Check out www.users.bigpond.com/ss.jeronimo/VISA.HTML.
This public letter contains reference to the Prime Minister of Australia
and his government, the DIMIA Consular Service; family matters; Capoeira;
business and chaos with diplomatic cultural relationship.
July 2003, the beginning of a new financial year in Australia, we want to add credit to Australia. Australia requests a cultural ‘GREEN’ card to arts, educational projects, to evolve. Please join us, and say YES to Education and Arts, YES to Culture, YES to Family development project. Australia must progress. Our offspring deserve it. The Australian community needs arts, educators, and of course, politicians to support and commit to cultural and family matters. In fact, we have Australian artists and celebrities from the Hollywood movie world supporting cultural artistic community programs to evolve our children. JC'S Capoeira Angola School too aims education and works hard to achieve this goal. Yet… not all Australians fit to this picture. Regrettably! Instead of having a cultural profit to claim, the AU community has more lo$$ to deal with. Who’s the irresponsible accountable? Let’s have a Capoeira game, mate! The Prime Minister must first support arts and education in AU. Yet, the Prime Minister is wasting taxpayers’ money supporting the lies of the Bush government to invade, bomb and destroy families in Iraqi and elsewhere. This Prime Minister and his government discriminate families in immigration detention centres. This Prime Minister can’t (yet) say… ‘SORRY’ – included, sorry to the AU native. To add loss to AU the DIMIA follows the disgusting attitude of this Prime Minister. Let’s protest against racial discrimination and those opposed to grant our families art and culture. The 2SER - 107.3 FM "Bambu Hut" show http://www.2ser.com/streaminglink.html is a community Radio service in Sydney. During a recent live show at 2SER, JC'S Capoeira Angola School offered a very special Thank You to people that add up to the cultural development of Australia. People such those that supported the 1st International Australian Capoeira Angola Festival, performed in June 2003. Unfortunately, our non-profit community cultural event was not fully accomplished. The DIMIA refused visa to artists and educators invited to perform the Festival. DIMIA is denying culture and education to progress Australia. DIMIA discriminate artists that intend to visit and share their art and culture to add to progress Australia. Therefore, a special “drop” (vote call) to protest against the non-tuned “eyes & ears” of the Prime Minister of Australia and his racist government is now at the Capoeira Roda – voting Capoeira. Thanks goes to Minister Luis A. Fachini Gomes and the BR Consulate in AU supporting the cultural relationship of Brasil and Australia. The Brazilian Consul wrote a letter to DIMIA and sent a fax to the Australian Ambassador J. Sullivan in Brasil. Requesting support to JC’S Capoeira Festival and commercial and cultural exchange in between Australia and Brasil. These affairs now can be jeopardised due to the diplomatic embarrassing situation caused by the government of the Prime Minister. Discourteously, DIMIA staff, Tatiane Rick, AU Visa Officer PN 9809 and Norman Kersting, Temporary Entry Decision Maker PN 5360 disregarded the Brazilian Minister diplomatic request. DIMIA stated that the BR artists’ personal attributes and professional backgrounds, Capoeira, are in no need to Australia –?? Also, DIMIA imply that the Brazilian Masters are from the “3rd world” and don’ have enough money to $atisfy the Minister demand$ – (??). Indeed, the artists don’t have a “special” account illicitly held in the Swiss Land bank ally of thieves, dictators, terrorists, corrupted politicians and investors, etc. To DIMIA, the Prime Minister, the artists’ intentions of coming to visit AU and share education is not genuine –?? DIMIA attitude is an embarrassment to AU, a country made by immigrants. DIMIA denies Culture and Education to evolve Australia. Revolting the DIMIA non-cultural and anti-family attitude! The Labour Party received JC’S community acknowledgments at SER. The Waverley Council supported the event and donated money. Thanks to Mayor Paul Pearce letter supporting the event. Yet, the Waverley Council Mayor request to the AU community was disregarded and taxpayers’ money wasted. Thanks to ANU Capoeira, Canberra’s Australian National University Student Association that endorsed JC’S Festival and donated money. Thankyou to the Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre staff that supports cultural initiatives aimed to evolve our community. Thanks to SBS Radio/Sydney, Special Broadcasting Service, Portuguese Language Program. SBS was going to make journalistic coverage of the 1st International Capoeira Angola Festival to our community. SBS donated the Multi Track Studio to the recording of the master tape of the new JC’S Capoeira Angola CD. The artistic skills of JC'S kids, from the age of 7, would be highlighted at JC’S CD. JC’S kids are inspired to compose and perform their Capoeira songs at JC’S. The event was very special to our AU children. Yet, due to the discrimination of DIMIA our Australian family was denied of the Capoeira Festival. Mr Prime Minister, our artistic community is not happy at all with your
government. Therefore, your Liberal Party program against arts and culture,
family gathering, etc, will be denounced and protested in public and other
events. Our artists, martial artists, dancers, educators, families, etc,
living in Australia and overseas will ‘drop’ a special NO vote to your
government in any coming election. Be aware with the Capoeira vote!
SAY NO TO RACISM! GRANT YOUR VOTE TO EVOLVE THE HUMAN RACE!
Axé / Thankyou!
Truthfully,
Jeronimo Santos Da Silva
Brazilian born. Australian Citizen.
Mestre Jeronimo - Master JC
(Howard's DISCRIMINATION... **YOU'LL DENY A VI$A... BUT YOU'LL NOT STOP OUR EDUCATION!!) PLEASE, PROTEST, AS YOU TOO MAY BE THE NEXT IN THEIR LIST OF DISCRIMINATION. SEND A PROTEST TO... Australia Immigration <[email protected]> John Howard <[email protected]>;Philip Ruddock <[email protected]>; The Hon. Nicholas Minchin - Minister for Finance and Administration <[email protected]>; The Hon. Rod Kemp - Minister for the Arts and Sport <[email protected]>; AU Labor Info <[email protected]>; ABC NewsRadio <[email protected]>; ABC Radio DiG <[email protected]>; Radio Australia <[email protected]>; Radio National <[email protected]>; Greens <[email protected]>; Global Green AU <[email protected]>; Global Green FR <[email protected]>; AU Green <[email protected]>; Christian Democratic Party <[email protected]>;
This Roda/game is to inspire people that have being discriminated by the capitalist sy$tem that corrupts our human race. A game to protest and fight to our human rights. Let's join and celebrate with those such as Bob Marley, M. Ghandi, M. Luther King, Jesus, Che Guevarra, Buddha, Zumbi & Palmares, Madre Maria Tereza, all the Mothers that care and love... and many other human inspiration that protested against racism and ignorance. Ginga to FREEDOM & EVOLUTION!!! LAROIE!!!!
IEEE da volta ao mundo camara....Iee vamos simbora camara.... Yes., let's go mate... let's ZUM ZUM ZUM Capoeira against oppression and racism... IEEE!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
Thank you for contacting 774, ABC Melbourne.
From: Human Rights Association in
France
Master Jeronimo, For your info, this is the answer I got after writing
the ambassy. Anything that I could respond them?
[email protected] wrote: Objet: Visas for Australia
Dear Ms Dupré Thank you for your email. Obviously for privacy reasons I cannot disclose any information about individual applications or reasons for grants or refusals of visa applications to Australia. However, full details of visa application decisions are provided to applicants and they are aware of the reasons for particular decisions. Please note though that allapplicants must meet the criteria for the grant of a visa. The criteria are different depending on the kind of visa the applicant is applying and are legislated. You might like to consult our website www.immi.gov.au for more details. You can rest assured that the Australian Government take their responsibilities in visa issue very seriously and that, at no stage, does any form of discrimination feature in our decision making whatsoever. In response to your other questions about the Festival, to our knowledge, the event referred to in the email correspondence is the 1st Capoiera Angolan Festival. regards Robyn Legg
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Sophie Dupré, Human Rights Association in France, Lyon, France The Australian Ambassy in Brazil To whom it may concern Dear Madam, Sir, Like hundreds of others internet users interested in Capoeira, I have been informed that the visas of many Brazilians citizens wanting to participate in the 2nd Capoeira Angola Festival on June the 18th to 21st 2003 in Australia have been refused. Working for a Human Rights Association in France, I am particularly sensitive to discrimination for visa attributions and would very much like to know the reasons of this refusal. Had there been any specific problems with the first edition of the festival or is it discrimination against Brazilian citizens in general? Hoping to hearing from you soon, Best regards, Sophie Dupré - Human Rights Association in France ------------------------------
I am very happy to know that you went to Brasil and understand "what" is "what". How did the Australian Consulate in USA gave visa to Mestre Zumbizinho to come to Australia for the 1st Festival of Angola Capoeira and refused it to the Brasilian Mestres? The purpose of the visa was the same. Well, maybe if Mr Crean comes to power next election he will change a few things. I will surely vote for Labour and hope. Wishing you all the best Erê - PRESIDENT BRACCA (BRAZILIAN COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA)
----- Original Message ----- From: Miltinho SJCampos To: Eptur ; Jeronimo Santos Da Silva ; Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:29 AM Subject: VISTO AINDA NAO SAIU - 4AF 17H30 DO BRASIL JC, to this moment, WED 5.30pm in BR, there's no reply from the Australian
Visa Service. Wha'ts going on?!
AXÉ - Miltinho
----- Original Message ----- From: rach anderson Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Human fight for citizenship i cant really believe what is happening. im australian
but would hate to believe that my country would discriminate anyone......
this world has some fukd up problems hopefully people dont hold it against
the people of the
Rachel - Adelaide
From: Terra Atlântica Mov. Socio-Ecoambiental Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: Brazilians fight for its citizenship in the world - Occult Copies for all the Australian Senate, Brazilian government and the press Australian embassy in Brazil denies seen the artists and communicators of the Culture Afro-Brazilian. It will be Hitler in return or it is simply RACISM? Art doesn't have flag. The art is universal. The
country or nation that closes its doors for the art, hinders to the knowledge
its proper people.
Write, protest, to
and support the freedom in the world to the peoples of Peace. ----- Original Message ----- From: Terra Atlântica Mov. Socio-Ecoambiental To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Why to fear the Brazilians? Dear Mss. Tatiane. Brazil is a worthy country. Therefore it's a country of Peace.
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: Brasil + Austrália must share to evolve Tatiane Rick, AU Visa Officer
Re: Community Cultural Festival in Australia - June 11 - 28, 2003 - Sydney
and Canberra
We Australians, would like to learn about the situation of the new application Visa to the Brazilian artists that we are requesting. They are invited as special guests to feature in our 1st Australian Capoeira Angola Festival. http://www.users.bigpond.com/ss.jeronimo/FESTIVAL1.HTML
Tatiana Rick, after the refusal of the application that we had, We would like to know if there's a problem with the request to obtain the Visa to our guests. The Festival is scheduled to start next week, and we are now just waiting (and worried) to have them here in time. Our program already promoted to the Community will be a mess. Without the presence of the artists, Master of Capoeira, in Australia, the event is a failure. And we are going to be wasting our Australian money, time, and disturbing people lives here, and also in Brasil. We want to promote more education and arts to evolve our country. We have the support of local Waverley Council, Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre, SBS Radio, Canberra University, our local community, etc. People and institutions that are happy to help and add to Australian arts and cultural matters to be developed and promoted. We would like to ask you or the new Australian Visa officer in charge of this matter, if there is any particular problem to our request to have these artists here. Please, let us know ASAP. Are they, are we, missing anything to achieve our goal, regarding this matter, culture, education, etc, with your office in Brasil? Dear Tatiana, We would like to do the right thing, to have the artists and educators according to our immigration laws. As well, we do not want to waste AU money, paying again to a new Visa application. And waste the money donated by Australians, used to pay Air tickets from Brasil, and in Australia, accommodation, etc, to have our guests here. They are not going to be paid a salary to come here, rather, they agreed with our offer to pay for the expensive during their stay in our country, during their contribution sharing their skills, arts and culture. We would like to use our money to evolve Australia. Please, We appreciate your
consideration and guidance to this important matter. Many people, Australians,
reacted angry after that we learnt about this political situation of refusing
Visa to artists and educators invited to share their skills, arts and culture
in Australia with our community.
Thankyou
Yours Sincerely, JC'S Capoeira Angola School
- AU Community Arts and Culture
Master Jeronimo
Jeronimo Santos Da Silva
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Tatiane Rick, AU Visa Officer
After ringing Brasil, We learnt that some of the documents sent on the first application requiring the Visa to travel to Australia, one month ago, did not return to the owners in the refusal letter that your office sent them with their personal documents. It seems that one of them is now getting problems to get ASAP the original that was sent to your office to include this in the new application Visa that you required. Is this going to be a problem, if this original document is sent later? Since we are running out of time, and we don't hear from your office. Please let's know what's going on, 'cause as you know, we are already disrupted here in Australia and in Brasil due to this situation. We are now including some of the letters of support to the event sent by the Waverley Council Paul Pearce Mayor, the Bondi Pavilion Community Centre, and we believe that your office received a direct letter from the Brazilian Consulate in Sydney, also the Itamarati (BR Cabinet) in BR was told about this matter, and as they already did to others, in recent time, they are also looking after this matter, since it involves Brazilian artists going overseas representing Brasil in Cultural events. Dear Tatiana, or the officer in charge of this matter, could you please let us know what's going on. The departure of the guests is due on June 8, and we must learn here in Australia what's going on in order to put Order to the Festival that we are offering to our community. Thank you! Yours Sincerely
JC'S Capoeira Angola School - AU Community Arts and Culture PO BOX 3327 Tamarama N.S.W. 2026 Australia
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Tatiane Rick, AU Visa Officer
Thanks for the reply. It's with sadness that we learn in AU that the application Visa to the BR artists was refused. Its not the case that they wish to come here. We Australians need to have them here, as guests to have the Capoeira Festival promoted to our community, to add education and to evolve Australia. WE told them to send again a new Visa application. In the name of the Australian community, AU taxpayers, we ask you, or the new Visa officer that is looking after this matter, to consider the fact that the money that is paying to these Visa applications is not theirs, but our Australian money. We, students, Australian institutions supporting the event such as, SBS, Waverley Council, Canberra University, Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre, and others are paying for everything related to this Festival. Let's not waste our money, please. We would like to also have your support to add to the success of the event. To add to the Australian society to educate and evolve. Culture and Education are the priority matters to this event. This is an authentic Australian community based project, a non-profit based event. Please, would you let us know ASAP, in proper time all that we need to prove to your bureau that they are eligibly to receive the Visa that we are requesting to have them here in Australia. The event is now scheduled and promoted to the media, etc, Air Tickets paid, accommodations paid, multi track SBS Studio booked, to record the commemorative CD from the Festival, SBS Radio, and SBSI - for a possible documentary on this unique event, etc. The event will start on June 11, after their arrival in Sydney on June 10. Australian community, others supporting this project, would like to thank you for your time and consideration to this matter. Could you please let us know ASAP how long is
this going take this time this "game" after that you receive by next Monday/Tuesday
the new application.
Thankyou!!
Yours Sincerely
JC'S Capoeira Angola School - AU Community Arts and Culture PO BOX 3327 Tamarama N.S.W. 2026 Australia
----- Original Message -----
Dear Mr. Jeronimo da Silva, Thanks for your e-mail. The reasons for the refusal of their business
visa applications is stated
If they wish, new visa applications can
be lodged at any time (new
Information on visa requirements can be found
at Immigration's official
Regards,
Tatiane Rick
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Tatiane Rick
We would like to know what is going on with
the Visas required to our
We received this message bellow from the agency Eptur travel, SP. Why the application to the Visa that will let
us have our community
Could you please let us know what is the reason for that. Thank you / Muito Obrigado. Jeronimo Santos Da Silva
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PREZADO MESTRE JERONIMO RECEBEMOS HOJE RESPOSTA DO DESPACHANTE OS QUATRO VISTO FORAM NEGADOS. E PIOR : ELES NÃO DEVOLVEM O DINHEIRO PAGO EMPRESA PAULISTA DE TURISMO LTDA **Visas were refused - and the money is gonne
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" Capoeira
é cultura e arte do povo brasileiro. Capoeira é luta de resistência
contra a opressão e discriminação.
Capoeira Angola
é um Ritual que ginga pra educar e evoluir a raça humana
"