Kabul demonstration says no to TPVs and deportation of Afghan asylum seekers
On Saturday 9 November, a protest outside the national Afghan Parliament called for an end to the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from Europe...
Manus asylum seekers petition Palmer over new TPV laws
More than 100 asylum seekers on Manus Island have sent Clive Palmer a hand-written letter (letter with names redacted below) appealing for him not...
Guilty! Coroner’s findings damn offshore detention
The coroner’s findings in regard to the death of Hamid Khazaie have damned the government’s offshore detention policy.
The coroner noted that the Pacific...
Orders to close Manus detention likely before the Australian election
A directions hearing in the PNG Supreme Court, on Monday 6 June, has opened the way for explicit orders to close the Manus detention...
Another attempted suicide on Nauru
An Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru attempted to hang himself on Tuesday night. He was rescued by guards and fellow detainees. This is the...
Labor must not support Coalition legislation to save offshore processing
Refugee advocates have called on the parliamentary Labor Party not to support any Coalition legislation aimed at saving offshore processing from a successful High...
Mass protest and hunger strike on Nauru
Almost all of the 400 asylum seekers on Nauru are holding a one-day hunger strike today, Friday 26 October. The hunger strike began Friday...
Abbott’s Syria refugee announcement: too little, too discriminatory and too hypocritical
Free the Syrians in detention
It is a welcome fact that the Abbott government will take 12,000 Syrians on top of the existing humanitarian intake...
TWO YEARS IN DETENTION: BURMESE REFUGEE STARTS DARWIN ROOF TOP PROTEST
A Burmese refugee in detention two weeks short of two years began a roof top protest at the Darwin detention centre Sunday night, 23...
Serco guards bashed by criminal deportees at Yongah Hill
There has been a major clash between Serco guards and so-called criminal deportees (501s) in Hope Compound.
At least two bloodied guards were taken out...
