My Eye Opening Visit To Immigration Detention
Recently, I accompanied my son, Ben, a human rights activist, on a visit to meet…More
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Children In Detention: Too Many Horrors To Tell, In A Day Of Damning Testimony
By 11:15 yesterday morning – as recess was called, laptops snapped shut, and camera cables…More
Reza Barati's Death Demands A Real Inquiry
UPDATED THURSDAY: After passing the Senate, a parliamentary inquiry into the Manus Island violence will…More
Who's Policing Manus Island?
Warning: This article contains graphic accounts of violence. Facts on the recent riot at the…More
'You're In Detention, This Isn't A Hotel'
Earlier this month I was in Darwin to visit asylum seekers in the four detention…More
Asylum Seekers Are Locked Up Worldwide
Australia is not alone in its elaborate and expensive offshore processing and detention centres. Many…More
Nauru Staff Condemn Cruel Conditions
In light of the recent events that have taken place in Nauru, a collection of…More
Villawood Sentences 'Bring The Law Into Disrepute'
On Friday, custodial sentences were handed down in the NSW Supreme Court for five men…More
Does Nauru Owe Australia Anything?
Most angles of the debate over offshore detention on Nauru are covered exhaustively by the…More
The Everyday Violence In Our Detention Centres
In the early hours of 21 May in 2011, a detainee in a Christmas Island…More