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...
Hundreds of TPV and bridging visa holders to protest for right to work and...
Around 200 asylum seekers on bridging visas and refugees with temporary protection visas (TPV) will stage a day-long protest, this Friday, 11 December, outside...
Free Reza from jail on Nauru: contact Nauruan Consulate-General
Update: Reza was released from prison without charge on 2 December: thanks to everyone who contacted the Nauruan consulate
Reza Khestinzhad, the Iranian asylum seeker...
Broken promises: after one year, forgotten asylum seekers hunger strike in Darwin
Sixteen, out of a group of 27, asylum seekers brought from Nauru a year ago to be released, have begun a hunger strike in...
Nauruan crane climber arrested by police
The Iranian asylum seeker, Reza Khestinzhad, who staged a nine hour protest on top of a the crane on Nauru on Friday (27 November),...
