Conditions fail to stop Nauru work

The former US military lawyer who represented the Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks, has taken up another high-profile and controversial cause. Michael Mori has joined a team of lawyers who are challenging the legality of Australia's ...

An Australian lawyer acting for 10 asylum seekers charged with rioting at the Nauru detention centre has challenged the legality of their detention in the centre. The men are accused of causing $24,000 in damage during a riot at the processing ...

Sources close to the legal team representing a group of ten asylum seekers on Nauru who are charged with rioting and wilful damage says the group's detention is incompatible with the Nauru constitution. A hearing for the asylum seekers this week was ...

Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Nauru is set to be challenged in the Supreme

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Access denied: Nauru detention centre. Photo: Angela Wylie The government and opposition have rejected a bid to open the offshore detention centres in Nauru and PNG for inspection by Australia's Human Rights Commissioner. They have also blocked an ...

Australia will not fund the legal defence of asylum seekers charged with crimes in Nauru or Manus Island detention centres, the department of immigration has confirmed. The government reopened the Nauru and Manus Island processing centres as part of ...

DIRECTOR of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement Dr Transform Aqorau yesterday highlighted the importance of tuna to economies of PNA countries. Speaking during the prize presentation of the 2013 PNA World Tuna Day Art and Talent Quest,Dr Aqorau said ...

The Australian Government can now send all asylum seekers who arrive by boat to offshore processing centres. The Parliament has passed a bill to excise the entire Australian mainland from the migration zone. Until now, asylum seekers who made it to ...