- UQFL430-Series A-File 20
- File
- 2002-Oct 2003
Letters to Kate Durham and Philip Ruddock (the original letter in Dari) from Rahima Hussaini.
Letters to Kate Durham and Philip Ruddock (the original letter in Dari) from Rahima Hussaini.
Letters to Janice Nelson from Shukria Hussaini and an email and a letter to Julian Burnside from Janice Nelson. Media and military reports relating to the drowning death of Hussaini's grandmother, Nurjan Hussaini, on 8 November 2001. A photograph showing children in detention on Nauru.
Correspondence between Juma Khan Nazari and Jenny Riley, Susan Landon, Elaine Smith and Julian Burnside.
Letters to Fahim Fayyaze, Kate Durham and Julian Burnside from Ahmad Salmanzadeh, including some letters in Dari.
Letters to Kate Durham from Hafizullah Sharifi.
Letters between asylum seekers and Australian correspondents, including some letters in Dari. Letter writers include:
Annabel Pengilley
Yazdan Ali Quasmi
Abdul Hakim Qurbanzada
Hussein Ali Rahemi
Abdul Ahad Rezaie
Mohsen Salehi
Ghullam Hassan Sanglakhi
Hussaini Sayed Shahi
Mohammad Jawad Shirzad
Mohhamad Zahir Soltani
Letters from unidentified asylum seekers, most written in Dari, including a personal account in English of being transferred from the Tampa to Nauru aboard the naval vessel Manoora.
Mass declarations by asylum seekers and related correspondence, including some material in Dari. The declarations follow a standard format, with each signatory declaring she or he is being detained on Nauru against their will and instructing pro bono lawyers to take legal proceedings on their behalf.
Forms produced by Spare Rooms for Refugees and completed by asylum seekers detained on Nauru. By adding their names to the forms, asylum seekers accepted an offer by Australian volunteers to correspond with them, supply books, clothes and other goods, and act as informal guardians in dealings with government and refugee agencies.
Photocopies and prints of photographs, showing children, women and men in detention in Nauru, Kate Durham visiting the Nauru detention centre in August 2004, a family being reunited at an airport, and Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 2003-2004, 30 photographs. Folder also contains a satirical comic strip about the plight of asylum seekers, four copies of a satirical sketch of Prime Minister John Howard and two postcards featuring artwork by Kate Durham.