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...

Asylum seekers appear in court on Nauru

Photos taken by Clint Deidenang  

Second Nauru hunger striker hospitalised

A second hunger striker on Nauru was hospitalised yesterday, Saturday 17 November. The Iraqi man, who has been on hunger strike for eight days,...

Nauru hunger striker hospitalised after 36 days: urgent action needed

A urgent message from Nauru reports that Omid, the Iranian asylum seeker on his 36th day of hunger strike has been shifted from the...

Nauru asylum seekers charged with riot: Australian refugee supporter calls for charges to be...

Yesterday, Thursday 15 November, 14 asylum seekers in the Nauruan detention centre were issued summonses for wilful damage, riotous damage to a building and...

Students occupy Labor MP Tanya Plibersek’s office over “Nauru hell”

Today, Thursday 15 November, refugee activists from Sydney University are staging a sit-in at Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek's office. "We are seeing a crisis...