Nauru

A whistleblower into the conditions of the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru says a new law restricting what immigration workers can say about the facilities is appalling.

Australia has passed a law criminalising whistleblowers who speak out against conditions at the offshore immigration detention centres.

A former high ranking official in the Nauru government is facing more legal blocks in his attempts to overturn his deportation.

The Refugee Action Coalition says refugees resettled on Nauru aren't getting the health care they need.

Those working in Australia's detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island, including NGOs and doctors, could soon face jail time for speaking out about what they have seen in the course of their work.

The president of Nauru has told a UN agency that Facebook has been used to create tension within families and it's a key reason it was banned.

Facebook says it remains concerned about a ban imposed on its services by the Nauru government.

The Nauru government claims it is not blocking internet access but it confirms it has temporarily banned Facebook to ensure there is no promotion of child pornography.

A group of NGOs has written a letter to the Nauru government calling on it to restore full access to internet services and repeal a new law which restricts freedom of expression.

The head of Amnesty International says the group has been denied access from inspecting conditions at Australia's detention centre on Nauru.

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians says Australia's policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers must end.

Despite earlier denials, there are now reports Nauru police are investigating the alleged sexual abuse of an Iranian asylum seeker.

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians says the Australian government must end its maltreatment of refugees and asylum seekers.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has called on Nauru's government to withdraw recent amendments to the criminal code which he says unduly restrict freedom of…

Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, has agreed to accept four refugees from Nauru after they were released from Australia's detention centre on the island.

A royal commission into child sex abuse in Australia has demanded that immigration authorities hand over a series of documents in a move that could widen the the inquiry to include asylum seeker…

Save the Children says its staff members in Nauru who were sacked by the Australian government have still not received an apology. Audio

An Australian Senate inquiry into allegations of assault at the Nauru asylum seeeker centre has heard that concerns were raised long before the Moss Review.

Managers of the Nauru detention centre have been admonished for not answering key questions during an Australian Senate inquiry into sexual abuse and violence at the facility. Audio