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dreamer_easy) wrote2016-06-07 01:43 pm
dreamer_easy) wrote2016-06-07 01:43 pm
Refugee Update
The torment of women at Nauru: 'This is reason I left my country – this fear of rape' (SMH, 7 June 2016) The newly released Protection Denied, Abuse Condoned: Women on Nauru at Risk report from Australian Women in Support of Women on Nauru. The news item includes a staggering report of a traumatised rape victim being deliberately starved for a week to force her to leave her room. The report also includes a history of Nauru and background to its current situation, and, importantly, considers violence against Nauruan women. (Here's another backgrounder on Australia's long history of using Nauru. With remarkable compassion, Free the Children NAURU on Facebook shared reminders of the environmental state of the island.)
Hundreds of detention centre abuses go unreported (SMH, 5 June 2016) "Documents provided to Fairfax Media show that Comcare, which is responsible for the health and safety of all people in Australian government workplaces, including workers and detainees in mainland and offshore detention centres, has not investigated abuse and injuries on a vast scale."
Worker suspended over alleged asylum seeker assault amid detention centre veil of secrecy (SMH, 5 June 2016) "The Australian Border Force is refusing to release figures on the number of incidents in onshore detention referred to police over the past three years, including child sexual assault cases, nor will it say how many complaints led to a prosecution."
Public servants could face court over death of asylum seeker Hamid Khazaei: lawyers (SMH, 7 June 2016) Aw yiss.
PNG demands answers from Manus Island contractors ISOS after Hamid Khazaei's death (SMH, 6 June 2016) "The PNG government will suspend new medical licences for International SOS staff working on Manus Island amid an investigation into the death... PNG health minister Michael Malabag has accused the company of deliberately avoiding correspondence and refusing to assist investigations."
Wilson Security guards injured on Nauru, Manus Island not entitled to work cover (17 May, 2016)
Hundreds of detention centre abuses go unreported (SMH, 5 June 2016) "Documents provided to Fairfax Media show that Comcare, which is responsible for the health and safety of all people in Australian government workplaces, including workers and detainees in mainland and offshore detention centres, has not investigated abuse and injuries on a vast scale."
Worker suspended over alleged asylum seeker assault amid detention centre veil of secrecy (SMH, 5 June 2016) "The Australian Border Force is refusing to release figures on the number of incidents in onshore detention referred to police over the past three years, including child sexual assault cases, nor will it say how many complaints led to a prosecution."
Public servants could face court over death of asylum seeker Hamid Khazaei: lawyers (SMH, 7 June 2016) Aw yiss.
PNG demands answers from Manus Island contractors ISOS after Hamid Khazaei's death (SMH, 6 June 2016) "The PNG government will suspend new medical licences for International SOS staff working on Manus Island amid an investigation into the death... PNG health minister Michael Malabag has accused the company of deliberately avoiding correspondence and refusing to assist investigations."
Wilson Security guards injured on Nauru, Manus Island not entitled to work cover (17 May, 2016)