Media Release March 30, 2011 A Tamil asylum seeker, 26 year old, recently transferred from Christmas Island attempted suicide by hanging early this morning (Wednesday). It is understood he was alive when other asylum seekers cut him down from a tree and has since been taken to the medical centre. His present condition is unknown. […]
Media Release March 29, 2010 Refugee supporters are appalled at the news that mandatory detention has taken another asylum seeker’s life, this time in the remote Curtin detention centre. The 20 year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Mohammad, committed suicide late yesterday (Monday) afternoon. He was found hanging in his room by others who returned to the […]
Media Release, 23 March 2011 Refugee supporters and lawyers are extremely concerned that Federal Police are ignoring the legal rights of asylum seekers as they press on with interrogations of asylum seekers. Around 150 asylum seekers on Christmas Island are suspected of being isolated to the gymnasium inside the detention centre as part of investigations […]
Media Release 18 March, 2011 Police have used a stronger version of tear gas that has badly affected protesters inside the Christmas Island detention centre tonight (Thursday night), around 10.00pm Christmas Island time. Over 250 asylum seekers were involved in the protest. The protests started in response to a letter asylum seekers received from Canberra […]
Media release, 18 March 2011 The sit-down protest by around 100 asylum seekers on Thursday afternoon in the Curtin detention centre was sparked by the brutal restraint and beating of an Afghan asylum seeker by Serco guards. It is believed that the man was trying to see his case manager when up to six Serco […]
Media Release 17 March 2011 Following the use of tear gas and a bean bag round to break an asylum seeker’s leg on Sunday night, more evidence of heavy-handed policing on Christmas Island has emerged. Asylum seekers on Christmas Island have told the refugee Action Coalition that tear gas was used on a peaceful protest […]
Media release March 14, 2011 There are disturbing reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers that a number, perhaps 20, of the people who escaped from the detention centre on Friday night have been handcuffed and taken to the high security management unit, Red Compound, last night (ie Sunday night). Some reports indicate that up to […]
The hunger strike at Villawood has ended on Sunday March 13–below is the text below of a letter sent by the strikers to the Immigration Department to inform them.
Media release, 12 March 2011 Reports from asylum seekers on Christmas Island indicate that at least 150 asylum seekers, believed to be mostly Iranian, have broken out of Christmas Island detention centre. All Serco guards have withdrawn from the detention compound and are believed to be searching for the escaped detainees. The trouble began around […]
Media Release, March 8 2011 After seven days of a dry (ie not taking water or food) the condition of three Tamil refugees at Villawood detention is deteriorating. The refugees have signed authorities for two Tamil community to make decision on their behalf should they become Refugee advocates concerns are growing that the hunger strike […]
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