ANGER GROWS IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE AS PROTESTS ESCALATE

Tensions are growing inside the Darwin detention centre. Up to 20 asylum seekers have buried themselves in a hole that has been dug in the...

Nauru hunger strike continues – one Afghan hospitalised

The mass hunger strike on Nauru has entered its second day, still with around 290 people not eating. One Iranian man has been on...

Coalition’s shameful attack on asylum seekers

The Coalition’s announcement that they will introduce temporary protection visas, remove appeal rights and fast-track deportations is the just the latest round of the...

More protests on Nauru as empty promises anger Nauru asylum seekers

Asylum seekers on Nauru will hold another protest inside the detention centre between 3pm and 5pm, today (Wednesday 17 October). The almost 300 people from...

Vigil protest at Omid Masoumali inquest, killed by detention on Nauru

Omid Masoumali, an Iranian refugee on Nauru set himself on fire on 27 April, 2016. He needed immediate specialist attention but it took 31...

Asylum seekers appear in court on Nauru

Photos taken by Clint Deidenang  

LEAKED SERCO DOCUMENTS REVEAL HORRENDOUS SCALE OF SELF HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN CHRISTMAS...

CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO SERCO MANAGEMENT OF DETENTION CENTRE As revealed on the ABC’s Lateline, Thursday night, documents obtained by refugee activists in the Refugee...

Refugee advocates reject detention mobile phone ban

Refugee advocates have rejected the Australian Border Force announcement that mobile phones will be banned from detention centres. Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat...

Urgent action needed to end the horror on Nauru; raped refugees must be brought...

There have been increased threats against refugees on Nauru this morning, following the broadcast of the ABC's 7.30 program on Monday night highlighting recent...

IMMIGRATION MINISTER IGNORES SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND GENEVA APPEAL TO HALT DEPORTATION OF CHINESE FAMILY

Media Release October 29, 2010 Despite a communication from the Geneva-based Special Rapporteur on Torture with the UN High Commission on Human Rights to the...