Iranian asylum seeker medivacced from Manus after heart attack

A 38-year-old Iranian asylum seeker has been medivacced from Manus Island to a Brisbane hospital this morning (Wednesday 23 March) after suffering a heart...

Manus: Mike compound ends its hunger strike

The compound that started the mass hunger strike on Manus Island has ended their hunger strike – 13 days after it began – for...

Brutality rules New Year on Manus

Two Iranian refugees, Mehdi and Mohammad, have been savagely beaten by PNG police and PNG Immigration officials on New's Eve. (See photos of Mehdi...

Nauru hunger strike continues. Fears grow for Omid after 46 days

It is feared that Omid Sorousheh, the 35 year old Iranian hunger striker on Nauru, may be close to death. Omid, who has been on...

Free Hamid: refugees transferred from Nauru are being freed, except Hamid

Hamid, an Iranian refugee brought from Nauru to Australia four months ago in February is still being held in detention.

REFUGEE GROUP RENEWS CALL FOR FULL INQUIRY INTO ASYLUM BOAT SINKING

News today (Wednesday 4 July) that there has been another distress call from an asylum boat has brought fresh calls for a full inquiry...

Twenty-seven refugees leave Nauru for the US

Twenty-seven refugees left Nauru this morning bound for Port Moresby, the first leg of a 50-hour long journey to be resettled in the USA....

Scott Morrison must resign; Manus Island is a crime scene and must be closed

Re-open the phones and internet Scott Morrison’s admissions that he gave incorrect information about the attacks on asylum seekers on Manus Island is reason enough...

Darwin paediatricians and health workers stand against detention harm

On Friday 29th October at 1pm, paediatricians and other health workers and researchers from Darwin will meet at the front of the Menzies Building...

End the torture on Nauru – release all the refugees

The release of hundreds of asylum seekers from detention into the Australian community has renewed anger and protest on Nauru. Between 25 and 30 people...