The sporting dreams of teenage boys can often be fairly predictable. But what about the dreams of Hazara boys awaiting their application for asylum? In letters to Crikey, they still aspire to sporting glory, but it’s John Howard, not a sporting rival, that they dream of beating.
Detainees
Former detainees tell: how it feels to have $260k debt slashed
Crikey asked some refugees what the passage of the detention debt abolition bill means to them.
Hu and 420 others: Aussies on the beermat
As the PM issues soundbites over China’s detention of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, Crikey thought it pertinent to cast an eye over other, less prominent, Australians languishing in overseas gulags.
Former detainee: debt a reminder of trauma and tragedy
As the detention debt bill continues to be debated in the House, a former detainee tells Sophie Black what an outstanding debt of $161,000 means to them.
Let’s not forget Gitmo
Once upon a time Australian journalists, politicans and lawyers were outraged by the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But now that both Hicks and Habib are safely back in Australia, Gitmo has lost its sex appeal as an issue in this country.
