Allow medical team to visit Nauru: Amnesty Sydney Morning H 08.01.2004
Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to allow an independent medical team into Nauru to investigate the condition of asylum seekers in the fourth week of a hunger strike.
Asylum seekers may sew eyelids up The Australian 06.01.2004
Four asylum seekers on a hunger strike on the Pacific Island of Nauru have threatened to sew their eyelids together, a refugee advocate in Australia said today.
Iraq 'not ready for detainees' The Australian 06.01.2004
Iraq's interim justice minister has called for Iraqi asylum seekers being detained in Australia and on Nauru to remain in immigration detention for a few more months before returning home.
Asylum seekers near death: report The Australian 06.01.2004
Hunger-striking asylum-seekers on Nauru believe they will be dead within a week, according to New Zealand journalists who sneaked onto the island.
45 sultestrejkende er nu døden nær Danmarks Radio 06.01.2004
Asylansøgere på øen Nauru, der er i sultestrejke for at blive lukket ind i Australien, siger, at de muligvis vil være døde om en uge, hvis ikke de får deres krav opfyldt.
We'll be dead next week, say hunger strikers Sydney Morning H 06.01.2004
In a week, these men will be dead, the victims of a hunger strike that has failed to change the mind of Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone.
Nauru angry at hunger strike stance Sydney Morning H 06.01.2004
Nauru has accused Australia of shirking its responsibility under its "Pacific Solution" agreement for the fate of detained asylum seekers engaged in a long hunger strike.
Nauru Says Australia Ignoring 'Forgotten' Migrants abcNEWS 06.01.2004
Australia is ignoring its obligations to help asylum seekers staging a hunger strike at an Australian-funded detention camp in the Pacific state of Nauru, the island's government said Tuesday.
«Tampa»-flyktninger døden nær TV2 Nettavisen 06.01.2004
Flere av asylsøkerne som i 2001 ble reddet av det norske lasteskipet «Tampa», er døden nær etter en sultestreik på Nauru.
Nauru solution: get NZ to take over Sydney Morning H 06.01.2004
A report commissioned by the Federal Government on Nauru's asylum seekers recommends New Zealand accept them as refugees. The report says political intervention by New Zealand could be their only hope.