Nauruan refugee starts crane protest
An Iranian refugee, Reza Khestinzhad, (44 years old) has scaled the tallest crane on Nauru - on the construction site for refugee accommodation -...
Navy tows Christmas Island asylum boat back to sea
A boat of asylum seekers which arrived at Christmas Island early this morning (Friday 20 November) has been towed back to sea by the...
Nauru police ignore savage assault as asylum seeker flown to Australia for urgent treatment
Riza, an Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru, has been flown to Australia for urgent medical treatment for a broken jaw and facial injuries after...
Christmas Island asylum seekers left without water or guards
Around 20 asylum seekers now in White 2 compound on Christmas Island have been left without enough food or water for more than the...
“Stand-off” continues and tension grows on Christmas Island
Around 50 people have spent the night on the oval (green zone) of Christmas Island detention centre, as more police and Serco guards gather...
Kurdish refugee dead on Christmas Island: another victim of long term detention
It is believed that an Iranian Kurdish refugee, Fazel Chegeni, has died on Christmas Island.
The man, in his early 30s, escaped from the North...
Immigration negligence puts Nauru mother and baby at risk
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling for the heavily pregnant, 34 year-old, Kurdish asylum seeker, Hatami (see photo), to be urgently brought to Australia...
Darwin paediatricians and health workers stand against detention harm
On Friday 29th October at 1pm, paediatricians and other health workers and researchers from Darwin will meet at the front of the Menzies Building...
Dutton’s Abyan fabrications exposed. Now bring all those at risk off Nauru
The return to Australia of Abyan, the raped Somali refugee, has exposed the lies and misrepresentations of the Minister for Immigration, Peter Dutton.
“It is...
World War II bomb uncovered in Nauru family camp
The family camp on Nauru, RPC 3, was evacuated late this afternoon around 5pm, after an unexploded World War II ‘bomb’ was uncovered in...
