Where is Freedom? Not on Nauru
Refugees on Nauru have been there for over 1000 days. Some have had their claims processed meaning they should no longer be detained. Nauru is a 22km square island even though the camps are...
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Another Self immolation on Nauru, Protests Continue
Another refugee this time a Somali woman has self immolated on Nauru and it is feared she is brain dead. Hodan was in RPC1 when she set herself on fire and is now being...
Australia Is Seeking to Silence Manus Truths
[UPDATE – Behrouz says the meeting was cancelled, immigration is waiting for an important leeter from the minister about him] BREAKING THE VOICES OF MANUS Researchers Against Pacific Black Sites announced today the...
Update on the protests by refugees at the Australian government’s detention center on Nauru
Iranian man Omid who self immolated is feared brain dead. Update via Insurrection News 28.04.16: For 40 days now refugee families detained in the RPC3 compound at the Australian government’s offshore refugee detention center...
Papua New Guinea court finds Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says about 900 men being held at the Manus Island detention centre will not be brought to Australia after Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ruled their detention was illegal. The decision strikes one of...
Behrouz Boochani: Statement Following Protest April 24
MY STATEMENT FOLLOWING PROTEST ON 24TH APRIL 2016 First I want to say thank you to all those advocates, journalists, academics, writers and friends who supported me and my way with their beautiful words...
RPC3 Nauru Protests Day 35
Today is day 35 of the protests on Nauru. Yesterday Immigration ordered Connect Settlement Services (CSS) (the organisation tasked to help refugees make a life in Nauru) to lower the fence so that it...
Moldy Bread Served on Manus
Above is a sample of the meals given to men detention by Australia on Manus Island PNG. It costs Australian taxpayers nearly half a million dollars a year for each detained person. This is about $4000...
Arbitrary refugee decisions expose Manus assessment farce
Via Refugee Action Coalition Despite various threats over the years that they would be denied protection and deported, around 60 asylum seekers on Manus Island have consistently refused to make an application to the...
Refugees Plight Compounded
[UPDATE: Men have been told they will be moved on April 6] Men on Manus Island and refugee advocates are reporting that Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield) plan to transfer detainees between the compounds of the...