{"id":2159,"date":"2012-10-28T15:25:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T04:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2012-10-30T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T04:57:21","slug":"nauru-another-protest-another-suicide-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"Nauru another protest; another suicide attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now internet censorship.<\/p>\n

Asylum seekers in desperate circumstances on Nauru will hold another protest this afternoon, Sunday 28th) at 4.00pm Nauru time (3pm Australian daylight saving time).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yesterday, a banner saying \u201cwe are not criminals\u201d was hung on the detention camp fence but was confiscated by the Salvation Army yesterday, Saturday 27th). The asylum seekers were told they would have to make a request to Immigration if they wanted their banner returned.<\/p>\n

The detainees have responded to the heavy-handed treatment, with a united mass protest this afternoon, with more banners saying: \u201cNauru, the same as Guantanomo\u201d; \u201cClose Nauru\u201d; \u201cFreedom\u201d and others.<\/p>\n

The detainees are also angry and distressed that their access to the internet has been restricted to a 15 minute session. They are now supervised to make sure that the asylum seekers are not trying to contact the media.<\/p>\n

They are also concerned that they will be restricted from updating their Facebook page which has been a source of information and appeals to the international media and human rights organizations.<\/p>\n

A caller from Nauru also confirmed that on Saturday night (27 October), an Iranian man made his second attempt to suicide in a week. The Refugee Action Coalition was told he was again rescued, but subsequent to his suicide attempt, his distressed calls could be heard across the camp until 3.00am Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are again calling for independent human rights monitors to be stationed on Nauru, \u201c: said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition, \u201cAsylum seekers are not criminals. The idea that their right to communicate to the outside world could be restricted and censored is unconscionable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Immigration is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the truth getting out of Nauru. But the truth is obvious \u2013 Nauru is a prison for refugees, and the government of both Australia and Nauru are denying asylum seekers their human rights and their rights as asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNauru must be closed and processing for all those held in limbo in both Australia and Nauru must begin immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now internet censorship. Asylum seekers in desperate circumstances on Nauru will hold another protest this afternoon, Sunday 28th) at 4.00pm Nauru time (3pm Australian daylight saving time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press-releases"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/311091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}