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...
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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...