Manus detainees call for end to forced relocation as community tensions mount
More than 500 detainees at Manus Island have written to the PNG authorities (text below, written pages here and extract of signatures here) calling...
Vigil protest for hospitalised Bosnian refugee hunger striker
Armin, the 37 year-old Bosnian refugee who was on his eighth day of hunger strike was taken to hospital after an ambulance was called...
Protests at PNG consulates call to close Manus Island detention camp
There will be protests held in Sydney and Brisbane tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 February) to coincide with the first court sitting in Papua New Guinea...
Refugee groups call for end to inhuman asylum policy separating families and pregnant women...
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for an end to the inhuman Immigration Department policy imposed since the 19 July beginning of the PNG...
ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEES LODGE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT WITH GENEVA UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
In a significant international challenge to their detention, thirty-nine refugees who have been refused visas because of ASIO adverse security findings will lodge a...
VILLAWOOD CHAOS CONTINUES–Refugee Groups Urge Immigration Department to Act Urgently to Avert Tragedy
Media Release September 21, 2010
Refugee groups are urging the Immigration department to act urgently to avert another tragedy at Villawood detention centre. Negotiations inside...
SECOND TAMIL DEPORTATION AVERTED BY LEGAL ACTION – REFUGEE ADVOCATES SAY DON’T DEPORT TO...
A second attempted removal of a Tamil asylum seeker has been averted after the government gave an undertaking not to remove him until the...
People power wins community detention for Asha: Now free all the 267
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the agreement to place baby Asha in community detention as a victory for people power and the “Let Them Stay” campaign...
Remember Reza Barati – still waiting for justice close Manus Island
The first anniversary of the killing of Reza Barati will be marked by vigils, protests and other actions around the world.
GetUp is organising a...
ASIO and AFP failed Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdellatif
Despite the damning revelations of the Inspector-General’s report into ASIO and the AFP’s handling of the detention of Egyptian asylum seeker, Sayed Abdellatif, the...
