"Today something happened from which I was afraid... from tonight I will be not able to inform the peoples what happening here." -- a Facebook update from an Iranian refugee.
Asylum seekers' access to the internet is being restricted -- join the petition to keep this vital line of communication to journalists and family open. 
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Inside the Nauru detention facility, suicide attempts, self-harm and starvation are "rife" -- but few know to what extent. Just months after Nauru being re-opened and journalists being banned from speaking to detainees, asylum seekers' access to the internet is being restricted.
Fears are building. Advocates say the new policy from the Salvation Army will make it even harder for asylum seekers to reach journalists and their families -- "significantly limiting" a vital information source on what's happening inside the reopened centre.
There's disquiet already growing within the Salvos. The branch covering Victoria, SA and WA is beginning to lodge internal complaints, concerned the policy undermines their stated mission of providing "emotional support" to detainees. And last Friday's coverage on Ninemsn, SBS and other media is forcing them to defend the policy publicly.
The Refugee Action Coalition has just launched a petition on Change.org asking for the Salvation Army to stop restricting asylum seekers' internet use.
The Salvation Army has told asylum seekers on Nauru it will limit access to 30 minutes every two days, not allow one friend to help another, and reduce time for the refugee with the best English skills to update a joint Facebook page telling asylum seekers' stories to the public.
The Refugee Action Coalition says new monitoring and restrictions on use can only be fuelling what's already described as a "terrible spiral of despair" among detainees.
Unless a public backlash forces a policy rethink, the Refugee Action Coalition says the Salvation Army's new restrictions could set a dangerous precedent: that it's acceptable for asylum seekers to be denied communication with journalists and the outside world.
Thanks for being a part of this,
Nathan and the Change.org team.