** * *** ** ***** ** ***** * **** * ***** ****** *** * *** * * **** * *** ** * * ** *** * ** ** *** * * * ** * ** * *** * ** * * * * ** ** ** * ** ** ** * * ** ** ** * ** ** ** * * ** ** ** * ** ** *** * ** ** ** * ** ** ** *** ********* ** ** ********* ** ** *** * ** ** ** * ** * ** ** * ** ** * * * ** * ** ***** ** *** * ***** ** **** *** * **** ** * ******* * **** ** * * ******** * ** ** *** * ** ** * **** * * * ** ** ** ~ all (cyber-)cops are bastards! ~ no nations! no borders! ~ we are all illegal! | \ / _\/_ Ekamowir Omo! .-'-. //o\ _\/_ -- / \ -- | /o\\ ^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~~^^~~^~^~^~|~~^~^|^~` | Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is a tiny island nation in the Pacific. Since the 19th century, a range of colonial and occupying powers – including Britain, Germany, and Japan – have controlled the country. Nauru has been an independent nation since 1968, after half a century of Australian/BPC phosphate mining depleted their island environment of 80 percent of its livable surface. Although an independent country, Nauru is, in many respects, effectively a client state of Australia. Nauru and Australia signed two memoranda of understanding about offshore processing on the island, the first in August 2012 and the second – which supersedes it – in August 2013. Under these agreements, Nauru agreed to assess people's claims for international protection and host the facilities required to detain them, while Australia committed to bearing the entirety of the cost. Nauru has a population of 10,000 people, with around 107 asylum seekers as of July 2021. The majority of asylum-seekers and refugees on Nauru are from Iran, while many are stateless, and others come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[0] On 19 July 2013 there was a major riot in the detention centre. Hunger strikes and self-harm, including detainees sewing their lips together,[1] have been reported at the facility, as well as at least two people setting themselves on fire.[2] Attempted suicides were also reported.[3] An overwhelming sense of despair has been repeatedly expressed by detainees because of the uncertainty of their situation and their remoteness from loved ones.[4] In 2013, a veteran nurse described the detention centre as "like a concentration camp".[3] In 2015, several staff members from the detention centre wrote an open letter claiming that multiple instances of sexual abuse against women and children had occurred.[5] The letter claimed that the Australian government had been aware of these abuses for over 18 months.[6] This letter added weight to the Moss review which found it possible that "guards had traded marijuana for sexual favours with asylum seeker children".[7][8][9] In 2018, reports of children engaging in self-harm and attempting suicide drew attention back to the conditions at the centre. Children as young as eight were documented as exhibiting suicidal behaviours, and an estimated 30 children were described as suffering from resignation syndrome, a progressive, deteriorating psychiatric condition that can be fatal. Extreme trauma experienced both in their country of origin and in their daily lives at the camp, coupled with a sense of hopelessness and abandonment, are thought to have contributed to the onset of this condition. [0] www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa12/4934/2016/en/ [1] www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-20/nauru-detainees-stitch-lips-together/4528878 [2] www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/02/second-refugee-sets-themselves-alight-on-nauru [3] www.news.com.au/national-news/nurse-likens-nauru-to-concentration-camp/story-fncynjr2-1226571195124 [4] books.google.com/books?id=K0qnQyVGjEwC [5] www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/7290 [6] web.archive.org/web/20150717140725/http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/04/07/nauru-workers-say-govt-knew-about-abuse.html [7] www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/03/20/report-condemns-nauru-detention-centre-conditions [8] web.archive.org/web/20150405070134/http://www.immi.gov.au/about/dept-info/_files/review-conditions-circumstances-nauru.pdf [9] www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rapes-sexual-assault-drugs-for-favours-in-australias-detention-centre-on-nauru-independent-moss-review-20150320-1m46za.html ^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~~^^~~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~ In September 2021, Australia signed an agreement to indefinitely keep the Nauru regional processing centre open and continue its policy of mandatory immigration detention.[a] And so we decided to hack the Nauru Police Force, who were tasked by the Australian government with policing the island and obtained 285,635 confidential emails related to abuses that they tried to cover up, and we are making them all public. The Republic of Nauru has previously disputed reports of torture, sexual assault and child abuse on the island.[b] Can they still dispute this when all their emails are out in the open? The things we saw and read made us sick. [a] www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/24/australia-signs-deal-with-nauru-to-keep-asylum-seeker-detention-centre-open-indefinitely [b] dissidentvoice.org/2016/10/nauru-refugees-and-the-torture-complex ^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~~^^~~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~ We are asking the newly elected Australian government to by the end of 2022: ~ End the policy of mandatory immigration detention and permanently close immigration detention facilities, including on the island Nauru. ~ Grant permanent residence to all asylum seekers, including the 124 people forcibly moved out from Manus Island. ~ Investigate all allegations of abuse in the immigration detention centres and pay lifetime repairations to victims. ^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~~^^~~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~ No politeness, happiness, humanity Have pain, sorrow, suffering Nobody is here, to love us Nobody is here, to be honest We are suffering without love We are expecting politeness person We are looking for humanity — but we couldn't see anywhere We couldn't see in the dream also We are suffering difficulties for a long time We faced so many sorrows in our country Even we can't tell anything that our past life We can't explain in a word We wanted to escape from our country We had seen Australia to save our life We were become as refugees and orphans How to explain, our difficulties. We are thinking, our Tamil's sorrow will not finish Like unceasing waves can never be stable Nobody understands about our situation Nobody considers our sorrow They ordered: Don't go out even to pray the God Don't go to oval Don't explain your situation to others Don't talk your sorrow we consider anyone because "you are refugees in Christmas Island" ^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~~^^~~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~