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

An Australian senate inquiry is looking into serious allegations of sexual assault, abuse and neglect at the Nauru detention centre.

An Australia based advocate for refugees claims Nauru police and the Australian Immigration Department are covering up another sexual assault on an asylum seeker.

Ten asylum seekers have launched a High Court challenge on the legality of the Australian government's offshore detention policies, in a bid to prevent their return to Nauru.

The United States says it is concerned by the internet restrictions that have been imposed by the government of Nauru.

A suspended Nauru MP says changes to the criminal code rushed through parliament this week are simply to serve the government's political agenda.

Australian media is reporting that four refugees from Nauru have been secretly transfered to Darwin after accepting offers to be resettled in Cambodia.

Nauru's former magistrate says the government's latest move to tighten laws in an effort to curb dissent is a worrying sign of the country's democracy further decaying.