Refugee medics on their own Sydney Morning H 11.01.2004
An independent medical team has been refused help by the Federal Government to reach Nauru to treat the 33 asylum seekers who have ended their month-long hunger strike.
Detained kids scarred for life, says researcher Sydney Morning H 11.01.2004
Research has indicated that the generation of children in detention in Australia are so traumatised by the experience they may need a lifetime of counselling.
Medical team enroute to Nauru The Australian 11.01.2004
Australian government doctors and bureaucrats will land in Nauru today as an independent medical team gets closer to making their own inspection of the tiny nation.
Tampa-flyktningene spiser igjen NRK 08.01.2004
Afghanske asylsøkere fra det norske skipet «Tampa» har avsluttet en fire ukers sultestreik på stillehavsøya Nauru.
Australia Asylum Seekers End Hunger-Strike Protest Wired 08.01.2004
Dozens of asylum seekers have ended a month-long hunger strike at an Australian-funded detention camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, rights groups and officials said on Thursday.
«Tampa»-flyktninger avblåser sultestreik VG 08.01.2004
Afghanske asylsøkere fra det norske skipet «Tampa» har avsluttet en fire ukers sultestreik på stillehavsøya Nauru. Flyktningene har protestert mot at de ikke får oppholdstillatelse i Australia.
«Tampa»-flyktninger avblåser sultestreik TV2 Nettavisen 08.01.2004
Afghanske asylsøkere fra det norske skipet «Tampa» har avsluttet en fire ukers sultestreik på stillehavsøya Nauru.
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.
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.