Refugee Update
Jul. 2nd, 2015 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyGillian Triggs: offshore detention centre secrecy laws are worrying for democracy: "President of the Human Rights Commission says laws that could jail doctors, nurses and social workers for speaking out diminish freedom of speech." (GA 2 July)
Detention centre staff speak out in defiance of new asylum secrecy laws: "More than 40 health workers and humanitarian staff challenge the government to prosecute them for disclosing abuses at detention centres." Read their Open letter on the Border Force Act and their reasons for speaking out. (GA, 1 July)
Border Force Act could see immigration detention centre workers jailed for whistleblowing: "This is the sort of legislation that you wouldn't find unsurprising in countries that don't have real democracy."
Australian Medical Association joins protest against asylum law that can jail detention centre staff (GA, 1 July)
Leaked Documents Confirm Restrictions On Manus Refugees And Reveal Disturbing Self-Harm Incident (New Matilda, 1 July)
Deaths and injuries at immigration detention centres revealed: "Nine deaths, spewing raw sewage and snake bites are some of the workplace and safety incidents faced by Department of Immigration and Border Protection workers and asylum seekers over a year." (SMH, 30 June)
Detention centre staff speak out in defiance of new asylum secrecy laws: "More than 40 health workers and humanitarian staff challenge the government to prosecute them for disclosing abuses at detention centres." Read their Open letter on the Border Force Act and their reasons for speaking out. (GA, 1 July)
Border Force Act could see immigration detention centre workers jailed for whistleblowing: "This is the sort of legislation that you wouldn't find unsurprising in countries that don't have real democracy."
Australian Medical Association joins protest against asylum law that can jail detention centre staff (GA, 1 July)
Leaked Documents Confirm Restrictions On Manus Refugees And Reveal Disturbing Self-Harm Incident (New Matilda, 1 July)
Deaths and injuries at immigration detention centres revealed: "Nine deaths, spewing raw sewage and snake bites are some of the workplace and safety incidents faced by Department of Immigration and Border Protection workers and asylum seekers over a year." (SMH, 30 June)
