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...
Eighth day on hunger strike for Bosnian refugee in punitive detention
A 37-year-old Bosnian refugee, Adin (not his real name), is now in his eighth day of hunger strike at the Brisbane Transit Immigration Accommodation...
Bosnian refugee on hunger strike against punitive isolation detention
A 37 year-old Bosnian refugee, Adin (not his real name), is on hunger strike at the Brisbane Transit Immigration Accommodation (BITA) detention centre.
Today (Sunday,...
Medevac refugees hold stay-in protest over indefinite detention
Over 30 refugees, almost half of those being held at the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne, are in their sixth day of a “stay-in” protest...
Border Force moves against refugee protests at Kangaroo Point
Border Force has confiscated protest banners from refugees, and closed the second floor balcony of the Kangaroo Point hotel, where refugees had been holding...
Refugees confined to rooms in Meriton hotel-prison: release them now
Ten refugees and asylum seekers transferred from a hotel-prison in Darwin to the Meriton Apartments in Brisbane four days ago (Saturday 14 November) have...
Another refugee hotel-prison opens in Brisbane Meriton apartments
Without warning yesterday (14 November), ten refugees and asylum seekers were transferred from Darwin to Brisbane, where they are now being held on the...
Advocates call for detention centre visits to resume
Refugee supporters are calling for Border Force to end visiting restrictions at detention centres and hotel-prisons and immediately reinstate detention visiting.
Despite declaring detention centres...
Refugee advocates’ concern for ‘disappeared’ refugee from Brisbane detention
Refugee advocates are extremely concerned for the welfare and whereabouts of an Iranian refugee who has been “disappeared” from Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...
Refugee attempts suicide at Kangaroo Point hotel-prison
A Somali refugee who attempted suicide in the early hours of Saturday, 24 October, was taken to the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...
