After 50 days on hunger strike: Omid flown to Australia
Omid, the 35 year-old Faili Kurd hunger striker on Nauru has been put aboard a Careflight plane to be flown from Nauru to Australia.
Omid,...
Another suicide attempt on Nauru – “the worst it has ever been”
Angry asylum seekers boycott excursions
A suicide attempt this (Thursday) afternoon by one of the hunger strikers on Nauru – the second hanging attempt in two...
Students protest at Immigration Minister Chris Bowen’s office to say close Nauru, don’t let...
At 12:30pm today student refugee activists began a snap protest at Immigration Minister Chris Bowen's electoral office demanding that he act now to save...
Omid 48 days on hunger strike – Protests continue on Nauru
Omid Sorousheh enters his 48th day of hunger strike on Nauru as he waits for an answer from the Minister for Immigration, Chris Bowen.
The...
Iranian asylum-seeker rehospitalized on day 47 of hunger strike
Omid Sorousheh, the 35 year-old Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru, was rehospitalized at 10.00 o’clock this morning on day 47 of his hunger-strike.
“He is...
Nauru hunger strike continues. Fears grow for Omid after 46 days
It is feared that Omid Sorousheh, the 35 year old Iranian hunger striker on Nauru, may be close to death.
Omid, who has been on...
Nauru asylum seekers reject interviews; 30 more start hunger strike
Omid, 44 days on hunger strike, now self-harms
Nauru asylum seekers have renewed their hunger strike protest after rejecting the Nauru Foreign Minister’s proposal to...
Bowen’s discriminatory policy leads to suicide attempt on Nauru. Meanwhile Omid, 42 days on...
Ibrahim, an Iranian asylum seeker attempted to hang himself inside one of Nauru’s infamous tents yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.
The incident happened after the man heard...
Manus Island opens – More refugee shame on Labor; more scapegoats for a failed...
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the government’s announcement of the transfer of asylum seeker families to Manus Island.
“It is a pointless and vindictive...
Free the Nauru asylum seekers: Don’t let Omid die
Protest today (Wednesday) and Friday
Sydney refugee supporters are holding two protest actions this week to counter the lies of the Immigration Department and to...
