Nauru
Government is cutting aid to Nauru's justice system
The New Zealand Government is cutting aid to Nauru's justice system because of draconian civil rights abuses and its former chief justice says Australia should follow suit. Audio
Foreign Minister indefinitely suspends aid for Nauru
New Zealand has indefinitely suspended more than a million dollars of annual aid to Nauru, because it remains unconvinced the government there has done anything to improve basic civil and human… Audio
New Zealand suspends aid to Nauru
New Zealand has suspended the country's aid to Nauru's justice sector because of ongoing concerns about civil rights abuses.
Australia's Senate report on Nauru defended
The chair of the Australian Senate committee has rejected claims its inquiry that into the detention centre on Nauru was a witch hunt.
Senate Inquiry dismissed as political witch hunt
Australia's government has dismissed a Senate inquiry into the country's asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru as a political witch hunt by an opposition-dominated committee. Audio
Advocate says Aust senate inquiry likely to be ignored
An Australian refugee advocate says an Australian Senate inquiry into abuse at the asylum seeker detention centre in Nauru is likely to be ignored.
Call for children to be removed from Nauru camps
A Senate inquiry in Australia has called for all children to be removed from the government's offshore asylum processing centre on Nauru.
Australian Senate wants big changes at Nauru camp
The Australian Federal Senate Committee that has been looking into the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru has made 15 recommendations to improve their welfare.
Guards at Nauru centre reportedly use cable tie on boy
Four Wilson Security guards at Australia's asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru reportedly used a cable tie to handcuff an eight-year-old boy as a joke.
Another month's wait for Nauru MPs facing charges
The lawyer for two Nauru MPs, charged in connection with anti-government protests more than two months ago, is still not able to represent them in court.
High Court to test constitutionality of offshore detention
Australia's highest court will sit in October to consider the constitutionality of the government's offshore detention of asylum seekers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Audio
More waiting for Nauru MP wanting passport back
A Nauru MP will have to wait at least another month for a Supreme Court hearing challenging the legality of the seizure of his passport.
Australia tightlipped on latest Nauru evacuation
Australian Immigration officials will not say why an asylum seeker was medivacced from Nauru to Australia yesterday.
Nauru police facilitate complaints process at camps
The Nauru Government says it is improving opportunities to make complaints by posting two police at the Australian run detention camp for asylum seekers.
Nauru assault victim reported near kidney failure
Reports from Nauru say a 23 year-old Iranian asylum seeker, who has been held in isolation since being beaten in a savage sexual assault in May, is close to kidney failure but not getting the care she…
Nauru MP's passport appeal to go through
The Chief Justice in Nauru has rejected a government move to strike out Roland Kun's appeal to get his passport back.
Canberra rejects Nauru torture claims
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims of waterboarding at the Nauru detention centre are unsubstantiated.
Former Nauru guards accuse Wilson Security of misleading parliament
Former guards from Australia's detention centre in Nauru have accused Wilson Security of providing misleading evidence to Parliament.
Pacific tuna deal could harm future deals
A fishing deal worth $US89m has been reached between Pacific nations and the United States but officials are at loggerheads over renewing the deal long-term.
NZ remains concerned about Nauru
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand remains deeply concerned about what it sees happening in Nauru and wants a resolution on the issue.
