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,...
Manus refugee wins international human rights award
Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee unlawfully held for over five years on Manus Island, has won the prestigious Martin Ennals Award, presented in...
Nauru asylum seeker medivacced after bashing
An Iranian asylum seeker, brutally bashed by Nauruan locals on Tuesday, was medivacced to Australia yesterday, Wednesday, 23 January.
Refugees who saw him said...
Villawood suicide: detention claims another victim
A 33 year-old refugee, from Sierra Leone has hanged himself in Villawood Detention Centre. He was found in his room around 4.30pm, this afternoon,...
Detention protest spreads nationally
Hundreds of immigration detainees in detention centres across the country have begun a hunger strike protest this morning, Monday 21 January.
Detainees in the Villawood,...
Yongah Hill hunger strike protest continues into fifth day
Around 350 immigration detainees are into their fifth day of hunger strike protest at Yongah Hill detention centre.
A list of demands was released by...
Hunger strike protest spreads from Melbourne to Yongah Hill
Immigration detainees at two compounds of Yongah Hill (outside Perth) have begun a hunger strike (Monday 14 January) in protest against detention conditions.
On the...
MITA hunger strike continues: End the lockdown, provide chairs
The hunger strike protest by immigration detainees in MITA North that began on Tuesday 8 January, is now into its fourth day.
Detainees have also...
Hunger strike against prison conditions in Melbourne detention; video footage exposes guard thuggery
Around 200 detainees in MITA North, the new high security compound inside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), have begun a hunger strike in...
Government detention closure announcement is a fraud
The Refugee Action Coalition has dismissed the government announcement that Maribyrnong and Blaxland at Villawood will close, as an empty gesture.
“The fact is that...
