CURTIN ASYLUM SEEKER IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN PERTH HOSPITAL
An Afghan asylum seeker, Ali, around 30 years old, is in Perth hospital with serious injuries following a suicide attempt at Curtin detention centre...
ANOTHER SUICIDE ATTEMPT AT CURTIN; HAZARA SUICIDE VIGIL CONTINUES
Media Release March 30, 2011
A Tamil asylum seeker, 26 year old, recently transferred from Christmas Island attempted suicide by hanging early this morning (Wednesday).
It...
DETENTION BECOMES A DEATH SENTENCE; ANGER GROWS AT CURTIN
Media Release March 29, 2010
Refugee supporters are appalled at the news that mandatory detention has taken another asylum seeker’s life, this time in the...
LEGAL RIGHTS IGNORED AS FEDERAL POLICE INTERROGATE ASYLUM SEEKERS
Media Release, 23 March 2011
Refugee supporters and lawyers are extremely concerned that Federal Police are ignoring the legal rights of asylum seekers as they...
MORE TEAR GAS AND FIRES ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Media Release 18 March, 2011
Police have used a stronger version of tear gas that has badly affected protesters inside the Christmas Island detention centre...
SCHERGER DEATH DEMANDS FULL DETENTION INQUIRY; CURTIN PROTEST SPARKED BY SERCO GUARDS’ BRUTALITY
Media release, 18 March 2011
The sit-down protest by around 100 asylum seekers on Thursday afternoon in the Curtin detention centre was sparked by the...
CRACK DOWN BEGINS ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND – REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY “OPEN THE GATES”
Media release March 14, 2011
There are disturbing reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers that a number, perhaps 20, of the people who escaped from...
Asylum seekers break-out of Christmas Island detention centre
Media release, 12 March 2011
Reports from asylum seekers on Christmas Island indicate that at least 150 asylum seekers, believed to be mostly Iranian, have...
VILLAWOOD TAMILS’ CONDITION WORSENS ON SEVENTH DAY OF DRY HUNGER STRIKE
Media Release, March 8 2011
After seven days of a dry (ie not taking water or food) the condition of three Tamil refugees at Villawood...
ALL CHRISTMAS ISLAND DISASTER SURVIVORS MUST BE RELEASED
Refugee groups have welcomed the announcement that the government plans to release Seena, the nine year-old orphaned Iranian boy (and the family that is...
