Tagged: refugees
A Statement from Omid’s Family
Omid was an Iranian refugee who set himself on fire in Nauru on 27 April. He died in a Brisbane hospital on 29 April. Omid’s funeral was held in Iran yesterday, 20 May. The...
Nauru = Manus = Nauru = Hell
Nauru was once called Pleasant Island… before Australia among others mined the shit out of it, literally Nauru had great amounts of guano (phosphate) from thousands of birds gangster chillin’ on this land mass...
To UNHCR from Refugees on Nauru
To: United Nation High Commission for Refugees From: Refugees on Nauru Dated: 12/5/2016 Humble Words of Refugees on Nauru We are detained and imprisoned for the last three years on this island. We want...
Another suicide on Nauru
Tragically, a 24 year-old refugee from Bangladesh has died on Nauru . Rakhib, died after taking an overdose of tablets, including a large amount of Panadol. Their refugee application was processed about five months...
Nauru: Protests Continue with Situation Attracting International Attention
Protests by the refugees Australia has dumped on Nauru continue and show no sign of stopping and let’s face it they don’t have that much else to do on the sparse 22km square island....
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...
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...
More trouble with Offshore Processing Zika Virus on Nauru
More details about conditions on Nauru: cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have been confirmed on Nauru by Australia’s department of immigration and border protection (in a submission to the senate). There are seven...
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...