This networked performance streamed on Facebook commemorated the day of the “indefinite detention” of people who attempted to arrive by boat to Australia since the 19th of July 2013 and have been sent into “offshore processing centres” on Nauru and Manus islands. 

The Nauru Files are leaked reports from Sept 2013 to October 2015, written by staff (Save the Children teachers, caseworkers, recreational staff and security) relating to abuses, self-harm, and neglect of refugees who have been detained indefinitely by the Australian Government, in the offshore camp on Nauru Island. The Nauru Files were first published publicly by the Guardian and are available online https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/nauru-files

Refugees and people seeking asylum who tried to reach Australia by boat on or after the 19th of July 2013 were deported by the Australian government to camps on Nauru and Manus Islands (3-4,500km away from Australia).

BY READING THIS DOCUMENT on the 19th of July each year, we hope to urge the Australian politicians to:
– Close the camps
– Bring people to Australia to be processed fairly and swiftly
– Speak to and about refugees and people seeking asylum with respect and humanity, respecting the Rule of Law, the International Human Rights Chart, the 1951 International Refugee Convention & 1967 Protocol.