Category Archives: Manus Island

Australia: Refugee Supporters drop banner off Channel 7 Melbourne, in view of Border Force Headquarters

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Insurrection News

Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Refugee Supporters drop banner off Channel 7 Melbourne, in view of Border Force Headquarters ACTION CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS DATE: 23 JUNE 2017 This morning, refugee supporters from the Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) have … Continue reading →

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The Refugee Rights Movement in Australia – “for” or “with”?

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Insurrection News

The inherent bias and privilege within the Refugee Rights movement in Australia must be examined and remediated if we are to be truly effective in dismantling the Australian government’s human rights abusing immigration policy, writes Gaye Demanuele. “I felt unheard”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Australia, Close The Camps, Close The Camps Action Collective, Free The Refugees, Gaye Demanuele, Manus Island, Nauru, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, so-called 'Australia', WACA (Whistleblowers Activists & Citizens Alliance) | Comments Off on The Refugee Rights Movement in Australia – “for” or “with”?

Melbourne: Wilson Security offices attacked in solidarity with refugees in detention

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Insurrection News

On the night of Sunday 26th June we glued the locks and spray painted the entrance to Wilson Security on Sydney Road, Coburg in Melbourne. Wilson provides security at Nauru and Manus Island detention centres and are responsible for numerous, … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Close The Camps, Direct Action, Fuck Wilson Security, Manus Island, Melbourne, Nauru, Refugee Struggle, Refugees | 1 Comment

Narrm / Melbourne: Offices of Liberal & Labour party MPs trashed in solidarity with refugees in detention

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Insurrection News

On the 2nd of July, the day of the federal election in so-called Australia, we glued locks, graffittied and broke the windows of Liberal and Labour MP offices across Narrm/so-called Melbourne. We did this in solidarity with those on Manus … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Direct Action, Fuck The Election, Graffiti, Manus Island, Melbourne, Narrm, Nauru, No Borders, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees | 1 Comment

Australia: Updates from onshore & offshore refugee detention centers

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Insurrection News

  29.03.16 Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE NAURU PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE THE FENCE Nauru asylum seekers in the family compound RPC 3 have protested their long-term detention for the tenth day in a row. Despite the fence erected across the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asylum Seekers, Australia, Free The Refugees, Hunger Strike, Manus Island, Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre (MIDC), Nauru, Refugee Solidarity Movement, Refugee Struggle, Refugees, Resistance | 1 Comment

Australia: Open letter to the PM & Immigration Minister from the men incarcerated on Manus Island

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Insurrection News

  Please circulate widely. If you have media contacts, please help to have this published. Open letter to Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton from the men incarcerated on Manus. Six hundred men in Manus RPC, PNG, signed the following letter … Continue reading →

Posted in Asylum Seekers, Australia, Manus Island, Refugee Struggle, Refugees | 2 Comments