Christmas Island Tamil detainees protest over slow processing
Media Release January 5, 2010
Over 400 Tamil asylum seekers at Christmas Island have begun a protest boycott of activities inside the detention centre as...
Jakarta refugee protest condemns Indonesia Solution
Media Release December 28, 2009
Around 40 people staged a lively protest outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Monday, 28 December.
A large banner in...
Australian humanitarian visa application forms confiscated, as Merak asylum seeker “disappears” after arrest at hospital
Media Release December 28
Refugee activists in Indonesia are extremely concerned at the fate of one of the Tamil Merak asylum seekers, “Sammy”, who was...
Refugee groups to hold protest at Australian embassy, Jakarta, 28 dec
Media release December 28
A coalition of Indonesian democratic rights organisations, including Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Legal Aid Foundation, Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance...
Tragic death of asylum seeker at Merak legacy of Indonesian Solution
Media Release December 24
“The tragic death of a young Tamil man on board the refugee boat at Merak was completely avoidable,” said Ian Rintoul,...
Refugees tell Australian government, “Act compassionately–there is no Indonesian Solution”
Media Release December 21
As Tamil Oceanic Viking refugees arrive in Australia, those on the boat at Merak and in immigration detention in Indonesia have...
Indonesian protest in support of Merak asylum seekers
Media Release December 3
A coalition of Indonesian activist groups is holding a rolling protest in Jakarta, Friday 4 December, in support of the Tamil...
Fears for Tamil asylum seekers – one disappears in Sri Lanka and Indonesian navy...
Media Release December 3
Refugee advocates are calling on the Australian government and the International Orgnaisation of Migration to urgently intervene to guarantee the safety...
Merak asylum seekers appeal to Red Cross for humanitarian aid
Media Release November 25
Refugee advocates in touch with the asylum seekers on the boat at Merak, Indonesia, have refuted media claims that there has...
Appeal to the Australian government from Merak asylum seekers
Media Release November 18
The asylum seekers on the boat at Merak have issued an appeal to the Australian government. The statement dictated to the...
