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...
Amnesty International issues action alert for Nauruan refugee, Abyan
Amnesty International, London, has issued an urgent action alert, "Urging the Australian authorities to ensure Abyan’s health and safety by immediately transferring her to...
Abyan needs help not harassment
The aggressive attempts by the Nauruan police to interview Abyan reveal their complete lack of concern for the privacy and welfare of a sexual...
Peter Dutton’s misleading statements on Abyan
Everyone remembers when Scott Morrison declared that Reza Barati was killed ‘outside the wire’ at the Manus Island detention centre.
It was a low point...
