Refugee Update: Nauru
Apr. 3rd, 2015 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyBut before Nauru, this disturbing news: five asylum seekers and one other man were being held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in WA; apparently two have since been sent to Christmas Island. This was punishment for peacefully protesting the length of their detention the available medical treatment, including that given to a man who is now blind in one eye.
The Moss Report was finally tabled by the government under cover of former PM Malcolm Fraser's death. It found evidence of sexual assault and child sexual abuse at the detention centre on Nauru and of guards preying on women detainees, and no evidence to back up the government's claim that employees of Save The Children had encouraged detainees to self-harm or protest.
PM Tony Abbott's response was that "Occasionally, I daresay, things happen, because in any institution you get things that occasionally aren't perfect." The government will not apologise to the slandered social workers. A Senate Committee will investigate.
Inside The Department: The Explosive Leaked Transcripts From The Moss Review: a high-ranking civil servant gives startling insights into the Department of Immigration's response to crises on both Manus and Nauru. New Matilda also has: Witness Threats, 'Inhuman Guards', Rapes And Deaths At Sea: Testimony That Didn't Make The Moss Review
'Even God can't help you here': Nauru refugees describe a life devoid of hope: "In covert interviews, refugees settled on Nauru under Australia's asylum policy tell of fear, desperation and a profound sense of helplessness."
The Moss Report was finally tabled by the government under cover of former PM Malcolm Fraser's death. It found evidence of sexual assault and child sexual abuse at the detention centre on Nauru and of guards preying on women detainees, and no evidence to back up the government's claim that employees of Save The Children had encouraged detainees to self-harm or protest.
PM Tony Abbott's response was that "Occasionally, I daresay, things happen, because in any institution you get things that occasionally aren't perfect." The government will not apologise to the slandered social workers. A Senate Committee will investigate.
Inside The Department: The Explosive Leaked Transcripts From The Moss Review: a high-ranking civil servant gives startling insights into the Department of Immigration's response to crises on both Manus and Nauru. New Matilda also has: Witness Threats, 'Inhuman Guards', Rapes And Deaths At Sea: Testimony That Didn't Make The Moss Review
'Even God can't help you here': Nauru refugees describe a life devoid of hope: "In covert interviews, refugees settled on Nauru under Australia's asylum policy tell of fear, desperation and a profound sense of helplessness."
