New questions about medical facilities on Nauru: dogs attack Nauruan refugee; and a week-long...

On Thursday, 26 March, Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton compared medical facilities on Nauru to hospitals in regional Australia or a field hospital in Afghanistan. Neither...

Manus island PNG constitutional challenge wins lawyers’ access to detention centre

In a major breakthrough in the legal challenge to the Manus Island detention centre, the PNG government has agreed to provide access to lawyers...

Two still on roof-top protest at Yongah Hill detention centre

Almost 24 hours after the protest began, two asylum seekers remain on the roof of the Yongah Hill detention centre. From around 3.00pm (Perth time)...

Roof-top refugee protest at Yongah hill detention centre

The Yongah Hill detention centre has been locked down this evening after growing numbers of asylum seekers have joined the roof-top protest that began...

Another vigilante attack, but Nauru refugees defy repression

Around 350 refugees from camps across the island have staged yet another peaceful protest on Nauru. The refugees protest inside the Anabare camp began around...

PNG supreme court challenge to manus island detention centre

This morning (Wednesday 18 March), 9.30am, the Supreme Court, Port Moresby, will hold its first directions hearing in a new challenge to the Manus...

Rock throwing Nauruans seriously injure refugee couple

An Iranian refugee couple was hospitalised last night (Monday) after being attacked by rock-throwing Nauruans (see photos). Around 10pm, Nauru time, the married couple was riding...

Nauruan refugees’ protest defies police ban

Up to 300 refugees, women, men and children, from all refugee camps across Nauru have defied the Nauruan government and police attempts to ban...

Nauru refugee women celebrate International Women’s Day with protest

Nauruan refugees and children of all nationalities celebrated International Women’s Day, yesterday, 9 March, with a protest at the Ijuw compound – photos attached. The...

Nauru refugees bailed after 48 hours of abuse and appalling conditions: non-cooperation campaign will...

All of the 183 refugees arrested on Nauru have been released – the last of them only on Friday afternoon, 6 March, 48 hours...