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...
Manus mental health crisis, more refugees attempt suicide
After almost six years of torture and uncertainty on Manus Island, the mental health crisis among refugees and asylum seekers is becoming more acute.
While...
Tensions high on Manus ahead of transfer deadline
Extra police, some believed to have been brought from Rabaul, have been patrolling the perimeters of the detention compounds on Manus Island ahead of...
Refugee groups call for the immediate release of ASIO negative refugees
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the decision of the High Court today that it is unlawful for the Minister to refuse a protection...
Nauruan refugees’ protest defies police ban
Up to 300 refugees, women, men and children, from all refugee camps across Nauru have defied the Nauruan government and police attempts to ban...
Sack Pezzullo, but Home Affairs and Operation Sovereign Borders also needs to go
Pezzullo has been a ruthless advocate of the most brutal anti-refugee border protection policies implemented by successive Liberal and Labor governments.
LAWYERS SHOCKED BY ASYLUM SEEKERS’ CONDITIONS AT SILVERWATER
Solicitors visiting asylum seekers now incarcerated at Silverwater prison are shocked at what they have seen. Stephen Blanks, solicitor and secretary of the NSW...
SYDNEY REFUGEE COURT PROTEST – HIGH COURT TO TEST LEGALITY OF OFF-SHORE PROCESSING
Media release August 23, 2010
While the parliamentary leaders of the Liberal and Labor parties haggle with independents over the outcome the weekend’s election, the...
Julia Gillard brings shameful reminder of Tampa
Media Release Oct 15
“Julia Gillard’s claim that the Sri Lankan Tamils taken to Indonesia are Indonesia’s responsibility is a shameful reprise of the Tampa...
No one left behind! Thousands to rally in Canberra for permanent visas
More than 1000 refugees will rally outside Parliament House in Canberra to demand permanent visas.
