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 DARWIN 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...

REMOTE DETENTION KILLS DETAINEE. REFUGEE GROUP CALLS FOR FULL INQUIRY

Media Release, August 23 2010 Refugee groups have been shocked by the news of the sudden death of a 30 year-old Afghan asylum seeker. The man...

SYDNEY REFUGEE COURT PROTEST – HIGH COURT TO TEST LEGALITY OF OFF-SHORE PROCESSING

Media release August 23, 2010 While the parliamentary leaders of the Liberal and Labor parties haggle with independents over the outcome the weekend’s election, the...

WHILE POLITICIANS PLAY POLITICAL FOOTBALL WITH REFUGEES, CHRISTMAS ISLAND MENTAL ILLNESS TOLL KEEPS RISING

Media Release August 10, 2010 Two attempted suicides among Tamil asylum seekers and the fear of permanent damage to another individual hunger striker last week...

GOVERNMENT USING DODGY DOCUMENTS TO DEPORT TO DANGER

Media release July 28, 2010 Refugee groups are horrified that the government intends to use shonky travel documents to remove a 32 year old Sudanese...