Nauru crisis continues – 13 collapse, three in hospital
More than 30 people remain on hunger strike on Nauru, but the heat and conditions are taking toll.
Two more of the hunger strikers have...
More screened out asylum seekers under threat – urgent call on to halt imminent...
Around 50 asylum seekers brought from Christmas Island to Darwin this morning may be the next group of screened out asylum seekers bound to...
Government back down: Tamils slated for removal are screened in
In a dramatic turn around, the Federal government has agreed to screen-in 56 Tamils who were due to be removed to Sri Lanka yesterday,...
Stop the deportations: urgent legal action as Darwin Tamil asylum seekers protest at screening...
Tamil asylum seekers at Wickham Point detention centre are staging a 24 hour hunger strike protest today in response to increasing numbers of Tamils...
Another Nauru hunger striker hospitalised after 28 days; Omid 52 days on hunger strike
Jamal, a 35 year-old Ahwazi Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru has been taken from the detention camp to the Nauru hospital this (Sunday) morning.
Jamal...
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...
