Two asylum seekers attempt suicide in Melbourne
In a tragic day for the Melbourne Immigration Transit  Accommodation (MITA) detention centre, there were two attempted suicides within hours of each other, this...
VILLAWOOD IN CHAOS AFTER SUICIDE AS HUNGER STRIKES AND PROTESTS CONTINUE
Media release, September 20 2010
The suicide of a Fijian man facing deportation from the Villawood detention centre this morning has thrown the detention centre...
Nauru asylum seeker gives birth in Brisbane. Scott Morrison’s deception exposed
The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has been caught in his own web of deceptive half-truths and policy of media blackout.
At a media briefing on...
REFUGEE PROTEST SPREADS TO CURTIN, REFUGEE SUPPORTER BANNED FROM VISITS
A hunger strike and sit-in involving 300 and more asylum seekers at Curtin detention centre is expected to escalate overnight. The asylum seekers are...
ACTIVIST TO SPEAK ON FACT FINDING VISIT TO REFUGEE RIGHTS GROUPS IN MALAYSIA
Refugee Action Coalition activist Mark Goudkamp has just returned from Malaysia where he made contact with the growing campaign in Malaysia against the Gillard...
More evidence of abuse, but hunger strike continues
Manus Island detainees are bracing for increased security harassment today (Monday 26 January) after the arrival of more Wilson security guards on the island...
OMBUDSMAN INTERVENES – TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS END HUNGER STRIKE
Media release May 21, 2010
SERCO AND IMMIGRATION FACE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Eight Tamil asylum seekers facing charges resulting from a fight inside Christmas Island detention...
FEARS GROW FOR WELFARE OF CURTIN HUNGER STRIKERS, MINISTER MUST INTERVENE
Media Release, January 20, 2011
Fears are growing for the welfare of the more than 800 hunger strikers at Curtin detention centre. The lack of...
Students protest Bishop and Carr outside China Institute opening at UTS
Students from UTS and Sydney University held a protest today outside the opening of the Australia-China Relations Institute to highlight the cruel treatment of...
Christmas Island Tamil detainees protest over slow processing
Media Release January 5, 2010
Over 400 Tamil asylum seekers at Christmas Island have begun a protest boycott of activities inside the detention centre as...
