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...
Write ‘yes to refugees’: Refugee groups call on Labor members to use leadership ballot...
Refugee groups in Sydney and Melbourne have called on Australian Labor Party members to use the current leadership ballot as a referendum on Labor’s...
Nauru hunger striker hospitalised after 36 days: urgent action needed
A urgent message from Nauru reports that Omid, the Iranian asylum seeker on his 36th day of hunger strike has been shifted from the...
Advocates concerned over Manus sexual harassment allegations
A 59 year-old security manager on Manus Island was released on 15, 000 kina bail on 9 April, over sexual harassment allegations to appear...
Two weeks: Nauru hunger strike, lip stitching protest continues
Eight Iranian asylum seekers are into their 15th day with their lips stitched. And between 20 and 30 asylum seekers (including those with stitched...
Another suicide attempt in MITA detention centre
A 19-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker has attempted suicide in the MITA North compound of the Melbourne detention centre.
He was found by Ali, another detainee,...
Attempted refugee suicide in Kangaroo Point exposes mental health danger in detention
After seven year’s detention, including up to and more than a year of closed detention in Australia, serious mental health issues are emerging among...
Guilty! Coroner’s findings damn offshore detention
The coroner’s findings in regard to the death of Hamid Khazaie have damned the government’s offshore detention policy.
The coroner noted that the Pacific...
Minister must stop playing politics with Erfan’s arm
Refugee advocates are maintaining their call for the Immigration Minister to bring the 11 year-old Iranian refugee from Nauru to Australia for an urgent...
Pre-election pro-refugee rally to march on Deputy Prime Minister’s office in Marrickville
A “Welcome Refugee” rally calling for an end to the “PNG Solution” will march on the Marrickville electoral office of Deputy Prime Minister Anthony...
