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...
Refugees robbed by armed raskals in Port Moresby
Two Iranian refugees in Port Moresby have been robbed at gunpoint when armed raskals broke into their unit at Koki Apartments
“Where’s Behrouz?” Refugee protest to march to Manus film world premiere
Refugee supporters will march from Town Hall to the world premiere screening of “Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time,” on Sunday 11 June at...
Manus asylum seekers appeal to Europe for help free the Syrian asylum seekers
An appeal for help from Europeans and European countries has been signed by over 100 asylum seekers in detention on Manus Island (See here...
Nauru asylum protests continue as self-harm casualties increase
Reports from the Nauru Detention Centre reveal the centre again is spiralling into crisis. The nightly protests of up to 150 asylum seekers, including...
Home Affairs faces criminal charges alleging health neglect in Immigration detention
On Tuesday 15 March, a Sydney Local Court magistrate is expected to set down a hearing date for the charges, laid in March last...
Peter Dutton’s misleading statements on Abyan
Everyone remembers when Scott Morrison declared that Reza Barati was killed ‘outside the wire’ at the Manus Island detention centre.
It was a low point...
Brisbane detention protest calls for freedom for Hamid
Around 50 people held a protest at Brisbane's immigration detention centre, BITA to call for the release of Hamid, an Iranian refugee brought from Nauru to Australia in February this year.
Abbott’s turnback mantra is risking Rohingyan asylum seekers’ lives
The Australian government must provide the urgent humanitarian assistance needed by the up to 8000 Rohingyan asylum seekers in boats, at risk, in the...
More refugee suicide attempts in PNG
There have been two more cases, one of attempted suicide and one of serious self-harm, involving refugees in Port Moresby overnight.
In the early hours...
