Christmas Island Detention Centre
Discovering the truth - Gerry Georgatos.
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 10/08/2011 - 4:16pmThe ability to discover the truth is outstripped by the ability to manifest deceit. Generally, I try to rely on the context of statistics and facts to hang on to the truth.
In Malaysia, 29,759 foreigners were caned between 2005 to end of 2010. This refutes Minister Bowen's claims that human rights, as we know them, will be protected.
Human Rights Alliance Media Release: Crises of our National Identity - Racism on show - Australian Mandatory Detention horrors.
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 09/08/2011 - 9:21pmThe Human Rights Alliance Media Release:
Unprecedented crises of the Australian racist identity looming - Christmas Island Detention Centre a war zone.
Even with the transient relief of the High Court legal injunction various reports and a plethora of desperate pleas are rampaging out of Christmas Island Detention Centre, from Asylum Seekers and from some of those who work there.
Human Rights Alliance media release: Chaos at Christmas Island detention, raids. Suicide threats
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 22/07/2011 - 5:42pmThe Human Rights Alliance have filed submissions and calls to the UNITED NATIONS and to UN Special Investigators and Rapporteurs to call upon the Australian Government to allow for UN OBSERVERS to be stationed at Christmas Island Detention Centre, and at Darwin, Villawood and Scherger Detention Centres.
The Human Rights Alliance have filed complaints and reports to the UNITED NATIONS seeking an urgent investigation of the Christmas Island protests and the police raids and use of tear gas.
Chaos, protests, police brutality has sieged Christmas Island Detention Centre.
UN Observers need to be stationed at all Australian Detention Centres. Asylum Seekers punished at Christmas Island.
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 20/07/2011 - 1:51pmThe Human Rights Alliance Media Release:
19.7.2011
Overnight the Christmas Island Detention Centre roof protest escalated with the response a severe lockdown. Christmas Island Detention Centre is now as bad as Woomera and Baxter. UN Observers must be located in these unlawful Detention Centres.
The Christmas Island roof top protest unnecessarily escalated and once again there was no appropriate de-escalation, mitigation or humanity.
Account of latest repression of asylum seekers on Christmas Island
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/06/2011 - 6:14pmThe article below is from the WSWS website and gives an account of the extreme police violence used against the latest protests on Christmas Island and gives a background to the cruel policies that have caused these and other demonstrations by asylum seekers.
Police attack protesting refugees at Australia’s Christmas Island
By Will Morrow
13 June 2011