LIP STITCHING, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE: TENSIONS REMAIN AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
The recent release of around 19 asylum seekers on community detention has done nothing to ease tensions at the Darwin detention centre.
In the last...
CURTIN HUNGER STRIKE AND PROTEST CONTINUES
Reports from inside the Curtin detention centre indicate that the hunger strike and protest is continuing. Up to 500 people did not report for...
REFUGEE ACTIVISTS CONDEMN INTIMIDATION OF DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKERS
Refugee activists, part of the refugee convergence in Darwin have condemned the threats and intimidation of asylum seekers in the Northern Immigration Detention Centre...
Immigration manager dismisses hunger strikers
A meeting between the fifteen Darwin hunger strikers and the Northern Regional Manager, Robin Gray, yesterday (Thursday) afternoon ended in dismay.
A meeting with the...
MORE PROTESTS AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND
For the third day in a row, asylum seekers have initiated protests inside the Christmas Island detention centre. This (Thursday) afternoon, asylum seekers in...
Protest vigils for Salim—murdered on Manus by Peter Dutton
Protest vigils for Salim, the 52 year-old Rohingya refugee who was killed on Manus Island last Tuesday (22 May) will be held today, Friday...
IMMIGRATION ACTS TO RESTRICT DETENTION CENTRE VISITS
Refugee advocates are alarmed at the spate of politically motivated decisions by Immigration Department officers barring visits to detention centres.
In the last week, Ian...
Manus intimidation steps up; phones confiscated, as court decision looms
Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield) and Immigration intimidation of asylum seekers and refugees at Manus Island has been stepped-up in the lead up to Australian and...
TEN ASYLUM SEEKER FAMILIES AT LEONORA ON HUNGERÂ STRIKE
Media Release October 22, 2010
The parents of ten families at the Leonora detention centre are on hunger strike.
The families are believed to be Kurdish,...
VILLAWOOD DETAINEES SUPPORT FLOOD VICTIMS
A large group of asylum seekers from various nationalities detained at Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre have expressed their deep concern for the victims...
