Nauru

Australia named responsible for breaching human rights of asylum seekers

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Committee handed down two landmark decisions that ruled Australia breached international human rights law through the arbitrary offshore detention of asylum seekers in Nauru. It’s the first time Australia has been named responsible for arbitrary offshore detention by an official body. The committee has called on the Australian …

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Behrouz documentary a window into Australia’s refugee detention system

A documentary on award-winning Kurdish journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani – who spent over six years in detention in Manus – will be screening across the country.   Behrouz, directed by Simon V Kurian and produced by Anji Kurian, was filmed in secret at the the Australian Immigration Detention Centre on Manus Island.   Boochani …

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