Moving message as Manus reprisal raids continue
Wilson security guards have again carried out reprisal raids on asylum seekers in Mike and Oscar compounds this (Friday, 30 Jan) morning.
Increasingly Manus resembles a prison camp with arbitrary raids, threats against individuals remaining...
PNG Supreme Court rules major victory to Manus asylum seekers
The full bench of the PNG Supreme Court today (Friday) finally handed down a ruling formally finding that the human rights of all those sent to Manus Island have been breached.
The victory comes after...
Advocates reject Morrison’s TPV blackmail
Refugee advocates have rejected Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s latest push to introduce Temporary Protection Visas.
“The Minister is holding asylum seeker children hostage to the introduction of Temporary Protection Visas,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for...
TWO ATTEMPTED SUICIDES IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE OVERNIGHT
Refugee advocates have welcomed the Ombudsman’s inquiry into self-harm, but a second attempted suicide in Darwin detention last night has highlighted the desperate situation, and the need for urgent action by the government.
An Afghan...
Union leaders join International protests to say No to Indonesian Solution
Media Release January 19, 2010
“International protests have put the Rudd government on notice that the world is watching what happens to the asylum seekers at Merak. Kevin Rudd’s Indonesian Solution is a matter of...
