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High Court declares Excision Zone "Terra Nullius"
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 1:00 pm | Project SafeCom
"The confident High Court decision this morning in favour of M61 and M69 has in effect finally declared that the ghastly legislation by the Howard government to cut off more than 4,600 islands from the reach of refugee court justice is invalid," WA Human ... More >>
People Smuggling Laws Need Full Review
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 12:04 pm | Project SafeCom
The ongoing protests by the young, broke and illiterate Indonesian "smuggling mules" who earn as little as $50 for sailing refugees to the fishing grounds of Ashmore Reef needs close scrutiny and a full review under the next Federal Parliament More >>
Darwin Detention Unrest
Monday, 30 August 2010, 11:05 am | Project SafeCom
"The outbreak of a fire at the Darwin detention centre and reports of up to twelve men on the roof, armed with sticks, their faces covered with pieces of clothing, is easily explained," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning. More >>
HRW Writes to Australian Political Leaders
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 12:58 pm | Project SafeCom
In an August 8 2010 letter and press release (below), thus far ignored by Australian media outlets, international human rights group Human Rights Watch has condemned both sides of Australian politics about its direction during the election campaign ... More >>
500th Refugee Boat May Coincide With Polling Day
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 1:41 pm | Project SafeCom
"Our statistics for boat arrivals show that we're currently just 12 asylum boats shy of the 500th boat arrival since April 1976, chances are good that Refugee Boat 500 arrives around the date Australians go to the polls." More >>
Processing Centre Concept 32-Year Old Pipedream
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:22 pm | Project SafeCom
"The refugee processing centre as proposed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard is one of a suite of many hardline policy proposals first brought to the Fraser government's Cabinet table in 1979, but not accepted by him," Project SafeCom said. More >>
Gillard's Karzai Solution Dangerous
Monday, 5 July 2010, 2:04 pm | Project SafeCom
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is about to announce the Karzai Solution, where in a "pact" with Afghanistan she expect guarantees for safety for Hazaras from the Karzai government, then she's either dreaming or lying. More >>
Kabul Reintegration plan
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:24 pm | Project SafeCom
"The news that the Immigration Department plans to follow the UK Border Agency plans to deport hundreds of children back to the death-riddden war zone in Afghanistan, shows that the brazen callousness of Australia's merciless 'border guards' in the ... More >>
Kevin Rudd Acts Under Cover of Budget Week
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 4:20 pm | Project SafeCom
"Newly proposed Anti-People Smuggling Laws that include a deliberate design to undermine the definition of what constitutes smuggling (the 'financial benefit' clause) as defined in the United Nations Smuggling Protocol, so that in Australia anyone organising ... More >>
Merak Tamils Made It to Christmas Island
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 12:30 pm | Project SafeCom
Refugee advocates today confirmed that around 50 Tamil asylum seekers from the boat at Merak made it to Christmas Island over the past weeks and that initial processing of their asylum claims has begun. More >>
Merak Asylum Seekers Forced Off Boat
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 12:47 pm | Project SafeCom
Indonesian police and navy personnel this afternoon Jakarta time have acted to force almost 200 Tamil asylum seekers off their boat at Merak where they have been since 11 October 2009. More >>
Rudd's Merak Refugees Admission Welcome
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 2:08 pm | Project SafeCom
"Yesterday's admission by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - as reported this morning by The West Australian [1] - that Australia will need to assist Indonesia with the resettlement of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Merak harbour is a very welcome development in ... More >>
Mass Protest 'inspired' by Political Posturing
Friday, 29 January 2010, 12:57 pm | Project SafeCom
"The mass protest of 350 Sri Lankan asylum seekers that has continued overnight in the Christmas Island detention centre can be directly traced back to the lowest political behaviour of all time by Prime Minister Kevin last year when he started a nasty period ... More >>
"Mental Illness Clock" At One Minute To Midnight
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 12:01 pm | Project SafeCom
"Breaking news from Christmas Island that mobile phones, sent to many detainees by Australian advocates right around the country, have been confiscated and have now been 'banned' by Immigration Department officials, provides a grim sense of truth ... More >>
Stand By 254 Tamil Refugees In Merak, Indonesia
Monday, 18 January 2010, 12:12 pm | Project SafeCom
Refugee activists around the world will be holding a vigil on Monday the 18th January to demand that the Australian Government take responsibility over the 254 Tamil refugees who have been stranded in Merak, Indonesia for the past 100 days. More >>
Missing Asylum Boat Feared Perished
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:52 am | Project SafeCom
"Grave concerns are held amongst refugee advocates and members of the Afghani refugee community about a boat with 102 asylum seekers that set off from Indonesia on October 2 last year but never arrived in Australian waters,". More >>
Swedish Refugee: Security Assessment Was Political
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 2:10 pm | Project SafeCom
Former Nauru detainee Mohammed Sagar, now living in Sweden and accepted by that country as a genuine refugee, claims in a message to his Facebook friends, that the negative ASIO determination he received while on Nauru, was politically motivated. More >>
Police Attempt to Arrest Australian Activist
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 10:58 am | Project SafeCom
At the protest, a large banner in Bahasa and English said, " Reject the Indonesia Solution, Free the Refugees, No to Detention ", and the protest attracted a lot of attention from passers-by and the local media. More >>
Six Organisations Issue Joint Statement
Monday, 28 December 2009, 10:06 am | Project SafeCom
A press conference of organisations concerned at the death of Merak asylum seeker George Jacob was held in the Jakarta Legal Aid office on 26 December. More >>
meeting with Indonesian Human Rights Commission
Monday, 28 December 2009, 10:05 am | Project SafeCom
A coalition of Indonesian democratic rights organisations, including Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Legal Aid Foundation, Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance will join the Refugee Action Coalition from Australia to hold a protest at the Australian ... More >>
