Below are some of the media reports on the MITA Hunger Strike:
(This page will be updated regularly) – see also Resources for more info

Background Information and Commentary

• Jeff Sparrows, ‘Australia’s Guantanamo Isn’t Offshore: It’s in Melbourne’, The Drum (12 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4625224.html
• Adam Brereton, ‘Hunger Strike Refugees “Kept Isolated”‘, New Matilda (12 April 2013), http://newmatilda.com/2013/04/12/hunger-strike-refugees-kept-isolated
• Tobybee, ‘Indefinite Detention’, Jew on This (14 April 2013), https://jewonthis.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/indefinite-detention/
• Adam Bandt, ‘Detained as a Security Threat, Starved of Legal Rights’, The Age (17 April 2013),  http://www.theage.com.au/comment/detained-as-a-security-threat-starved-of-legal-rights-20130416-2hy9c.html

Newspaper Articles

• ‘ASIO Reasons for Rejection “7 Lines Long”‘, The World Today (5 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2013/s3730498.htm 
• ‘Release Us or Kill Us: Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike’, The Age (8 April 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/release-us-or-kill-us-asylum-seekers-on-hunger-strike-20130408-2hg1q.html
• ‘If you won’t free us, kill us instead, say Hunger Strikers’, The Age (9 April 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/if-you-wont-free-us-kill-us-instead-say-hungerstrikers-20130408-2hhe4.html
• ‘Asylum Seekers Go on Hunger Strike at Broadmeadows Detention Centre’, Herald Sun (10 April 2013), http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/asylum-seekers-go-on-hunger-strike-at-broadmeadows-detention-centre/story-fnglenug-1226617049483
• ‘Refugees Deemed “Security Risk” Continue Hunger Strike, ABC News (10 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-10/refugees-deemed-27security-risk27-continue-hunger-strike/4620864
• ‘Doctors Urged to Not Force-Feed Detainees’, The Age (10 April 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/doctors-urged-to-not-forcefeed-detainees-20130409-2hjhw.html
• ‘Hunger-striking Refugees Start Drinking Water’, The Age (11 April 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/hungerstriking-refugees-start-drinking-water-20130410-2hlsv.html
• ‘Protestors Camp Outside Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Centre in Broadmeadows’, Herald Sun (12 April 2013), http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/protesters-camp-outside-melbourne-immigration-transit-accommodation-centre-in-broadmeadows/story-fnglenug-1226619142576
• ‘Protesters Maintain Vigil for Hunger Strikers’ ABC News (12 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-12/protesters-maintain-vigil-for-hunger-strikers/4624904
• ‘Asylum Seekers Mark New Year with Hunger Strike’, The Age (14 April 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/asylum-seekers-mark-new-year-with-hunger-strike-20130414-2htdb.html
• ‘Call for Proper Process to Deal with Hunger Strikers’, ABC News (16 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-16/call-for-proper-process-to-deal-with-hunger-strikers/4631960
• ‘Senator Refused Access to Hunger Strikers’, ABC News (17 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-17/senator-refused-access-to-hunger-strikers/4634202
• ‘ASIO Letter Reveals Why Refugees Deemed Threat’, ABC News (17 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-17/asio-letter-reveals-why-refugees-deemed-threat/4635588 

Radio and TV

• ‘Day 3 of Hunger Strike’, Lateline (10 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3734389.htm
• ‘Hunger Striking Tamil Refugee Says He’s Afraid to Die’, 774 ABC Radio (11 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/11/3734697.htm
• ‘Refugees Plead with Aust Government as Hunger Strike Continues’, Radio National (12 April 2013), http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/refugees-plead-with-aust-government-as-hunger-strike-continues/1115402
• ‘Refugees and ASIO Security Assessments’, Radio National (14 April 2013), http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sundayextra/refugee-security/4627696

Related Articles

• ‘Watchdog Holds Fears For Indefinite Detention’, The Age (21 March 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/watchdog-holds-fears-for-indefinite-detainees-20130320-2gg25.html
• Michael Gordon, ‘ASIO Says This Woman is a Threat to Security’, The Age (2 March 2013), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/asio-says-this-woman-is-a-threat-to-security-20130301-2fbnd.html
• ‘Security Risk Refugee Tries to End Life’, The Age (16 November 2012), http://www.theage.com.au/national/security-risk-refugee-tries-to-end-life-20121115-29eub.html
• ‘High Court Rules ASIO Powers on Refugee Decisions are Invalid’, The Age (5 October 2012), http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/high-court-rules-asio-powers-on-refugee-decisions-are-invalid-20121005-2745u.html