Fijian deportee stages roof top protest: lawyer criticises lack of police negotiators
Three asylum seekers, including a female Fijian asylum seeker, scheduled for deportation today, has taken to the roof of a building at Villawood detention...
Nauru ninth day of mass hunger strike: ‘We are still strong’ but fears grow...
Despite efforts by Wilson Security and some Salvation Army workers, around 300 people remain on the mass hunger strike on Nauru.
Reports from the detention...
ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood
An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself at the Villawood detention centre overnight. The man has been in detention for over three...
Nauru hunger strike – seven days; Solidarity protests in four cities Thursday
The mass hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru enters its seventh day today with around 300 people refusing food. The latest statement from...
Nauru hunger strike enters fifth day – police charge two Iranians
The hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru is now in its fifth day, still with around 300 asylum seekers refusing food. The asylum...
Nauru hunger strike enters fourth day – another protest today
The hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru has entered its fourth day, with around 300, more than three-quarters of the asylum seekers, refusing...
Nauru mass hunger strike enters its third day
The hunger strike by asylum seekers has entered its third day still with around 300 people not eating. By midday Saturday, a total of...
Nauru hunger strike continues – one Afghan hospitalised
The mass hunger strike on Nauru has entered its second day, still with around 290 people not eating. One Iranian man has been on...
Mass hunger strike on Nauru; Internet cut off
A mass hunger strike by asylum seekers of all nationalities has begun on Nauru. Outraged by the attempted suicide and self-harm incidents late yesterday...
More tragedy on Nauru: attempted suicide and self harm
At 6.00pm Nauruan time, an Iranian asylum seeker attempted to hang himself from a light pole inside the detention centre. The man jumped from...
