TEN ASYLUM SEEKER FAMILIES AT LEONORA ON HUNGERÂ STRIKE
Media Release October 22, 2010
The parents of ten families at the Leonora detention centre are on hunger strike.
The families are believed to be Kurdish,...
REFUGEE GROUPS REJECT GILLARD’S MORE DETENTION SOLUTION
Media Release October 18, 2010
Refugee groups are horrified with Julia Gillard’s announcement that the minority Labor government will open more detention centres. Of particular...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES WELCOME CHILDREN OUT OF DETENTION ANNOUNCEMENT BUT MANDATORY DETENTION HAS TOÂ GO
Media Release, 16 October 2010
Refugee groups have welcomed statements from the Immigration Minister that asylum seekers’ families and children are to be released from...
MERAK ANNIVERSARY – THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO RE-SETTLE TAMIL REFUGEES
THREE RETURNED TAMIL REFUGEES DISAPPEAR IN SRI LANKA
Media release October 8, 2010
A year ago, then prime Minister Kevin Rudd called Indonesian president Yudhoyono requesting...
TWELVE-DAY VILLAWOOD IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKE ENDS
Media release September 30, 2010
REFUGEE GROUP’S PROTEST CALLS FOR END TO MANDATORY DETENTION AND OFF-SHORE PROCESSING
The dry (ie not taking fluids) hunger strike by...
FOURTH VILLAWOOD HUNGER STRIKER HOSPITALISED AT VILLAWOOD
Media Release September 22, 2010
A fourth Iranian hunger striker, aged 25, was taken from Villawood to Bankstown hospital in the early hours of Wednesday...
VILLAWOOD IN CRISIS – TWO IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS HOSPITALISED
Media release September 21, 2010
While attention has been focused on the fate of the roof-top protesters at Villawood detention centre, the dry hunger strike...
VILLAWOOD CHAOS CONTINUES–Refugee Groups Urge Immigration Department to Act Urgently to Avert Tragedy
Media Release September 21, 2010
Refugee groups are urging the Immigration department to act urgently to avert another tragedy at Villawood detention centre. Negotiations inside...
VILLAWOOD IN CHAOS AFTER SUICIDE AS HUNGER STRIKES AND PROTESTS CONTINUE
Media release, September 20 2010
The suicide of a Fijian man facing deportation from the Villawood detention centre this morning has thrown the detention centre...
REFUGEE GROUPS SUPPORT DARWINÂ PROTESTS
FREE THE REFUGEES, DROP THE PEOPLE SMUGGLING CHARGES
Media release
Refugee groups today expressed their support for the weekend protests of the Indonesian fishermen and this...
