VILLAWOOD TAMIL HUNGER STRIKEÂ CONTINUES
Media Release April 22, 2010
Nine Tamil asylum seekers are on their third day of a hunger strike protest against the threat of being deported...
First refugee baby born on Nauru but there’s no future
A Rohingya baby became the first baby born to a refugee family on Nauru on Friday 18 September.
The baby girl, Nourkayas, was 3kg, and...
Fires at Yongah hill after detainee death
Some fires have broken out in Yongah Hill in the aftermath of the suicide of an Iraqi detainee late Sunday afternoon, 1 September.
Detainees were...
Urgent legal action to prevent pregnant woman being returned to Nauru
Last minute legal action is underway in an effort to prevent the government from removing a pregnant Iranian woman to Nauru. She has been...
ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood
An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself at the Villawood detention centre overnight. The man has been in detention for over three...
Armed police end Villawood rooftop protest
It is understood that the Villawood rooftop protest has been ended by armed police early this afternoon (Thursday, 16 April).
The protest was ended...
Nauru protest calls for immediate processing and to close the detention centre
Asylum seekers recently transferred to Nauru held a peaceful, but very vocal, protest yesterday (Sunday) afternoon to coincide with a rally in Sydney against...
SERCO BANS DETENTION VISITS AS REFUGEE ACTIVISTS CONVERGE ON AUSTRALIA’S DETENTION CAPITAL
Refugee activists have condemned Serco and the Immigration department’s ban on visits to Darwin’s detention centres over the Easter weekend.
Even before protests were scheduled...
Massive Manus protest joins Nauru day 56
Prisoners in all the compounds of Manus Island detention centre have staged a joint protest inside the detention centre.
Despite the rain, hundereds joined the...
TEAR GAS USED AGAINST PROTEST ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
A major protest, involving a large number of asylum seekers has broken out at the main Christmas Island detention centre overnight, starting around 10pm...
