Refugee supporters to rally to close Manus and Nauru and #BringThemHere
Refugee supporters will rally across the country on Saturday 18 June and Sunday 19 June to Welcome Refugees and call for the closure of...
Orders to close Manus detention likely before the Australian election
A directions hearing in the PNG Supreme Court, on Monday 6 June, has opened the way for explicit orders to close the Manus detention...
Nauruan police arrest asylum seeker on trumped up charges
Nauruan police have arrested a 39-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, Hamid Nadaf, on trumped up charges of “threatening behaviour.”
Hamid was arrested on Friday afternoon, 3...
Refugee husband says Nauru fire was suicide attempt
The fire that gutted the unit in the Nauru refugee camp, Anuijo, on Monday, May 23, was part of a suicide attempt, according the...
House fire in Nauru family camp
A fire has broken out in one of the units inside the family camp, RPC 3, on Nauru.
It is understood that the Iranian woman...
Massive Manus protest joins Nauru day 56
Prisoners in all the compounds of Manus Island detention centre have staged a joint protest inside the detention centre.
Despite the rain, hundereds joined the...
Protests for freedom begin on Manus
Protests have begun inside the Manus detention centre - at Mike and Fox Compounds on Thursday, and today Friday 13 May, in Delta and...
Critical refugee mother and baby medivacced from Nauru
A 22 year-old Somali refugee mother, Naima, and her premature baby boy, have been airlifted, in separate planes, from Nauru in emergency circumstances last...
Nauru claims another victim as Bangladeshi refugee suicides
Tragically, a 26 year-old Bangladeshi refugee, Rakib, has died on Nauru after taking an overdose of tablets, including a large amount of Panadol.
He...
Refugee advocates warn against any removals to Nauru
The Refugee Action Coalition has warned the government against sending refugees back to Nauru, in the present circumstances.
At least two people detained in...
