Nauru

Many Australians are deeply ashamed of how their government treats asylum seekers, a social agency says.

The Australian Medical Association is calling for independent oversight of healthcare provided to detainees on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru.

A refugee advocacy group says teachers should also be exempt from the threat of imprisonment for speaking out on Australia's detention centres.

Australia has lifted the ban on doctors to make public observations about the country's detention centres.

New Zealand needs to step up and help the hundreds of people detained in Australia's camps on Nauru, Amnesty International says.

Survey backs call for NZ to speak out

Lawyers are considering taking Australia to the International Criminal Court over its offshore detention centres, Amnesty International says.

An Australian review has found that 19 cases of alleged violence or sexual assault on Australia's detainees in Nauru were reported to police but none led to prosecution or conviction.

Suicide attempts and self harm by refugee children on Nauru have prompted a forensic psychiatrist to expose the damage caused by Australia's offshore detention. Audio

A former Nauru MP has questioned the integrity of the country's justice department as a former president remains in a critical condition in hospital.

A former Nauru MP says the treatment of a former president of the country is 'insane' as he languishes in hospital after collapsing last week.

Australia's border policy is a 'success' and its detention centres are "far ahead" of the world's refugee camps, says an architects of the country's border protection policy.

Representatives of the UNHCR are to meet Australian officials tomorrow to discuss the findings of their inspections of Canberra's detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

The UN has delivered a blistering indictment of Nauru and Australia's failure to help children in detention-like conditions, especially those driven to attempt suicide and self-harm.

A former Nauru President, who has been denied access to overseas medical care, is in the island's hospital after collapsing.

Nauru's President Baron Waqa says the country's late Chief Justice Joni Madraiwiwi re-established honour to Nauru's court. Audio

Secrecy surrounding Australia's off-shore immigration detention centres has sparked concern at the United Nations Human Rights Council as Australia bids for a Council seat.