Australia still claims ‘not responsible’ for detainees, after UN body rulings
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Australian government denies responsibility for asylum seekers detained in Nauru, following two decisions from the UN Human Rights Committee. The...
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Nauru-Australia Treaty: Strategic gain or ‘corrupt arrangement’?
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific journalist Refugee advocates and academics are weighing in on Australia’s latest move on the Pacific geopolitical chessboard. Canberra is ploughing A$100 million over...
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NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new state...
Asia Pacific Report Opposition National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night to build 1000 state houses in...
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‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the freedom of a Nauru...
View ArticleGeoffrey Miller: Tale of two summits – why Jacinda Ardern said no to the...
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller of The Democracy Project Jacinda Ardern’s decision to attend the upcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain — but to skip the Commonwealth Heads of...
View ArticleSick refugee takes on minister Dutton over coronavirus detention fears
By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his department over the threat of...
View ArticleHuman Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has called for the “urgent” and “immediate” release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations of peak medical bodies...
View ArticleRefugees, asylum seekers flag fears over possible Brisbane virus hotspot
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane have begun daily protests urging for their release after doctors and human rights lawyers flagged fears that a...
View Article‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist
By RNZ Pacific Australia should help Manus Island develop industries like tourism, a journalist who covers refugee detention in Papua New Guinea has said. Melbourne’s Michael Green has visited Manus...
View ArticlePNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG’s Manus island for six years. According to Australian media, Marape...
View ArticleAustralia won’t meet Nauru, Manus resettlement target
By RNZ Pacific The Australian government has conceded it won’t meet its target of resettling 1250 refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island. Home affairs minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday the US had...
View ArticleManus Island refugee granted Swiss asylum to fight on
By RNZ Pacific A Manus Island refugee granted asylum in Switzerland will continue to fight for the freedom of refugees Australia detains in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, fled...
View ArticleIran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia’s most valuable literary prize for a book he reportedly wrote using the...
View ArticleCanberra raises glimmer of hope for New Zealand deal on refugees
By Michelle Grattan in Canberra The Morrison government has sent qualified signals that it might agree to some refugees from Nauru being settled in New Zealand. It says it would be “more likely” to...
View ArticleMedia prize a ‘defeat’ for Australian refugee censorship, says author
By RNZ Pacific A refugee journalist detained on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island says winning an Italian award for investigative journalism could end censorship of offshore detention in the Australian...
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Loss of MSF mental health carers from Nauru heightens fears for children
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government’s move to scrap a vital support service....
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Refugees, journalist detention in Nauru ‘overshadow Pacific issues’
Support was widespread for journalist Barbara Dreaver’s detention at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru earlier this month. But, reports Maxine Jacobs for Asia Pacific Journalism, some commentators...
View ArticleRefugee children on Nauru ‘living without hope’, says advocacy group
By RNZ Pacific A legal advocacy group has told the UN Human Rights Council that more than 100 asylum seeker and refugee children are living without hope on Nauru. The Human Rights Law Centre addressed...
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Stick to our Forum visa rules, Nauru warns media via Twitter
By RNZ Pacific The Nauru government has taken to Twitter to warn journalists they are not above the law as they cover the Pacific Islands Forum. Journalists covering the Forum are operating on visas...
View ArticleNauru authorities detain TVNZ Pacific reporter for interviewing refugee
By RNZ Pacific New Zealand journalist Barbara Dreaver has been detained by authorities in Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit, reports Television New Zealand. TVNZ said Dreaver was...
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