People power wins community detention for Asha: Now free all the 267
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the agreement to place baby Asha in community detention as a victory for people power and the “Let Them Stay” campaign...
Nauru authorities ignore eight-year-old after father wrongly arrested
Two examples from Nauru reveal the lack of law and order and child services and protection on Nauru.
One 44-year-old Iranian refugee father has been...
Minister playing loose with Nauru asylum and self-harm figures
The attempt by the Immigration Minister and The Weekend Australian (February 6-7) to link self-harm on Nauru with family members being brought to Australia...
After High Court ruling: Sydney protest to call on government to let Nauru and...
The High Court decision that detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus is lawful has again revealed the fundamental flaws in the Australian...
Fifty day hunger strike highlights deliberate visa delays
Refugee advocates are increasingly concerned for the welfare of a Bangladeshi asylum seeker in Wickham Point, Darwin, who has been on hunger strike for...
Manus intimidation steps up; phones confiscated, as court decision looms
Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield) and Immigration intimidation of asylum seekers and refugees at Manus Island has been stepped-up in the lead up to Australian and...
Nazanin’s family brought to Australia: Now bring all sexual assault victims off Nauru
In May, 2015, Nazanin, a 23 year-old Iranian asylum seeker was raped on Nauru.
It took three months and a medical emergency for the Department...
Concerns increase for re-detained Christmas Island Iranian hunger striker
Refugee advocates are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of an Iranian asylum seeker, Ali Sadaat, detained on Christmas Island. The 21-year-old man has...
Nauru search rule changes makes sexual harassment official
Reports of women asylum seekers and refugees being sexually harassed while being searched on their way into RPC3, the camp accommodating families and...
Long term Bangladeshi asylum seekers hunger strike at Darwin
Eighteen Bangladesi asylum seekers are on hunger strike at the Wickham Point detention centre in Darwin. Most of those protesting have been in detention...
