‘A man who waited 18 months for hepatitis C medication to be approved while in detention was transferred interstate before it arrived, leading to another
People in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres are now held for an average of about 500 days: an all-time high, and far longer than other
Our legal action and strategic advocacy has ensured access to curative Hepatitis C medication for people in immigration detention.
Asylum seekers with Hepatitis C in onshore detention will now have access to curative medication following advocacy by PIAC’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project. Under
‘Leaked video, audio and images have revealed allegations of excessive force and harassment inside Australia’s network of onshore detention centres.’ ‘Last year the federal court
These new laws are an important step forward in Australia’s treatment of people seeking asylum.
Editorial in the Sunday Age: ‘This newspaper has argued for years that the treatment by successive Australian governments of people seeking asylum will come to
The treatment of asylum-seekers and others who enter or remain in Australia without a valid visa attracts great controversy. But some things should be uncontroversial.
A new report highlighting a lack of basic medical care provided to asylum seekers in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres, has called for urgent legislation
The doctors who examined Wissam Jadiri when he came to Australia by boat in 2013 detected his elevated liver enzymes right away. But it took
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