Apr. 22nd, 2016

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Almost half of children returned from Nauru have mental illness, Senate told (GA, 21 April 2016)

Cruelty in Australia’s offshore detention camps (Julian Burnside's blog, 3 April 2016). Witness statements regarding Nauru, Manus Island, and Christmas Island.

Fears for Nauru refugee's safety after couple jailed for abortion in Papua New Guinea (SMH, 15 April 2016). "A PNG couple were last year jailed for five years for causing the death of their unborn child, in a case that raises serious questions about Australia's decision to send a Nauru rape victim there for an abortion. On Friday, Fairfax revealed the case of "S99", a young African refugee who was raped while she was in the midst of a violent epileptic seizure on Nauru. Now, she is nine weeks pregnant and desperate to have an abortion." Abortion is illegal on Nauru. The refugee has already attempted suicide. Bring her to Australia, and let her stay here.

Refugee on Nauru convicted of attempted suicide to 'deter' others (GA, 15 April 2016). To deter people?! Laughable, in a horrific way. As someone with Bipolar II Disorder, I take this ignorant insult - that someone might try to take their own life just to "get what they want" - very much to heart. The poor man and his eight year old daughter will only be safe if they're removed from Nauru immediately.

Nauru Detention Workers Speak Out (Channel 10 news, 9 April 2016 (video)

Nauru asylum seekers contradict Minister's account of fight (PM, 8 April 2016) "Asylum seekers on Nauru are contracting the Immigration Minister’s assertion on PM last night that no children were involved in a fight there this week. They also claim that Wilson security guards threatened to kill them during the disturbance. Asylum seekers don't dispute Mr Dutton’s statement that seven security officers were injured, but they insist those security officers struck the first blows."

Wilson Security’s appalling record on Nauru (The Saturday Paper, 9 April 2016) "Guards came in and started hitting them [seven teenage boys]. We hugged the boys to stop the punching of them. After the meeting there was one guard who started hitting a kid and two guards had to hold him. They couldn’t control him, he was that bad that other guards had to go to him. They later beat one of my friends so hard."

Catching up on links:

“They treat us like animals” – a letter from Nauru on life in Australia’s refugee camps, and why NZ is their last hope (The Spinoff, 24 January 2016)

Powerful Nauru families benefiting from Australian-funded refugee processing centre (Pacific Beat, 29 March 2016)

As a child on Nauru I was NR03-283, but my name is Mohammad Ali Baqiri | Former child detainee held in Nauru to tell UN that Australia must shut down detention camps (GA, 15 March 2016)

Extended detention worsening depression on Nauru and Manus Island (GA, 17 September 2015)

Wilson Security guards handcuffed asylum seeker boy on Nauru as a 'joke' (GA, 28 August 2015)

Nauru assaults and illness covered up by government, lawyers group says (SMH, 28 August 2015)

Guard 'fell down by himself and said I hurt him': asylum seeker speaks out (SMH, 21 August 2015)

ETA: Immigration Warned Staff Not To Give Evidence To HRC Children In Detention Inquiry (New Matilda, 9 June 2016)

Some headlines from last year's Senate inquiry:

ETA: Not seen, not heard, often not reported – the harrowing stories of Australia's detainees (GA, 10 June 2016)

Nauru child abuse claims: No staff charged despite 30 allegations of asylum seekers being abused (SMH, 20 July 2016)

Child asylum seeker alleges rape in shower and 253 Nauru detainees attempt self-harm, Senate inquiry hears (SMH, 17 July 2016)

Transfield: Nauru detention centre operator receives dozens of sexual and other abuse allegations (ABC, 16 July 2016)

Scott Morrison knew of Nauru abuse a year before government acted, inquiry told (GA, 9 June 2015)

Immigration interfered with Nauru asylum seeker diagnoses, Senate told (GA, 9 June 2015)

Claims guards traded cigarettes for sexual favours on Nauru, Senate inquiry told (SMH, 19 May 2015)

Nauru security company Transfield avoids questions on detention centre allegations (SMH, 19 March 2016)
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