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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Nauru</span>

The politics of Nauru take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nauru is the head of government of the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Adeang</span> Nauruan politician

David Ranibok Waiau Adeang is a Nauruan politician, currently serving as President of Nauru. Adeang is the former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister Assisting the President of Nauru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pacific Solution</span> Australian asylum policy from 2001

The Pacific Solution is the name given to the government of Australia's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. Initially implemented from 2001 to 2007, it had bipartisan support from the Coalition and Labor opposition at the time. The Pacific Solution consisted of three central strategies:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian immigration detention facilities</span> Facilities used to detain people under Australias policy of mandatory immigration detention

Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia, including the Australian territory of Christmas Island. Such facilities also exist in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, namely the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and the Manus Regional Processing Centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nauru Regional Processing Centre</span> Offshore Australian immigration detention facility

The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility in use from 2001 to 2008, from 2012 to 2019, and from September 2021. It is located on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru and run by the Government of Nauru. The use of immigration detention facilities is part of a policy of mandatory detention in Australia.

Refugees in New Zealand have two main pathways for gaining protection in the country. Asylum seekers may seek protection after arrival in New Zealand. Refugees may also be resettled from offshore through New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme. In 2017/18 a community sponsorship pathway was trialled, extended from 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Waqa</span> Nauruan politician

Baron Divavesi Waqa is a Nauruan politician who currently serves as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum. He was the President of Nauru from 11 June 2013 until 27 August 2019. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2004 to 2007.

Muhammad Faisal is an Iraqi refugee who was detained on the island of Nauru between 2001 and 2006 under the Australian Government's "pacific solution". Faisal became the second last Iraqi refugee to leave Nauru after he was initially refused a protection visa on the basis of an adverse security assessment issued by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Immigration detention in Australia</span>

The Australian government has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival, and those subject to deportation and removal in immigration detention until a decision is made by the immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of origin/passport. Persons in immigration detention may at any time opt to voluntarily leave Australia for their country of origin, or they may be deported or given a bridging or temporary visa. In 1992, Australia adopted a mandatory detention policy obliging the government to detain all persons entering or being in the country without a valid visa, while their claim to remain in Australia is processed and security and health checks undertaken. Also, at the same time, the law was changed to permit indefinite detention, from the previous limit of 273 days. The policy was instituted by the Keating government in 1992, and was varied by the subsequent Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison and Albanese Governments. The policy is regarded as controversial and has been criticised by a number of organisations. In 2004, the High Court of Australia confirmed the constitutionality of indefinite mandatory detention of non-citizens in Al-Kateb v Godwin. However, this interpretation was overturned in a landmark decision, NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, in 2023, with the High Court concluding the practice was unlawful and unconstitutional.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sprent Dabwido</span> President of Nauru

Sprent Arumogo Dabwido was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru between 2011 and 2013, and was also a weightlifter. The son of a parliamentarian, Dabwido was originally elected to the Meneng Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru at the 2004 elections. Having served as Minister for Telecommunications in Marcus Stephen's government from 2009, Dabwido joined the Nauruan opposition faction in November 2011 after Stephen's resignation, and, having passed a motion of no confidence against interim president Freddie Pitcher, was elected president four days later. In his role as president, Dabwido functioned as chairman of the Cabinet of Nauru, and held various portfolios in the Nauruan government.

Mass media in Nauru remain undeveloped, but Australian aid program AusAID has been financing and supporting their development. As of February 15, 2010, Nauruan media consist in a television station and a radio station, with a fortnightly newspaper due to be launched within days. Former Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcaster Rod Henshaw is serving as interim media director for the Nauruan government.

Asylum in Australia has been granted to many refugees since 1945, when half a million Europeans displaced by World War II were given asylum. Since then, there have been periodic waves of asylum seekers from South East Asia and the Middle East, with government policy and public opinion changing over the years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manus Regional Processing Centre</span> An offshore Australian immigration detention facility

The Manus Regional Processing Centre, or Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRCP), was one of a number of offshore Australian immigration detention facilities. The centre was located on the PNG Navy Base Lombrum on Los Negros Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.

In January 2014, Nauru's President Baron Waqa fired the country's only magistrate Peter Law, and cancelled the visa of its Chief Justice Geoffrey Eames. Law was fired after issuing an injunction to temporarily halt the deportation of three foreign nationals. Eames issued an injunction in an unsuccessful attempt to temporarily halt Law's deportation. Eames was in Australia at the time and his visa was cancelled, preventing his return to Nauru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Nauruan parliamentary election</span>

Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 9 July 2016. Parliament was dissolved by President Baron Waqa on 10 June after it completed its three-year term. Speaker Ludwig Scotty called the elections for 9 July, with nominations taking place between 19 and 25 June.

The following lists events that happened during 2022 in the Republic of Nauru.

Events in the year 2023 in Nauru.

Events in the year 2019 in Nauru.

The Nauru 19 was a group of defendants in cases related to an anti-government protest in Yaren, Nauru in 2015. They faced a long, delayed trial, with alleged government interference. Initially, the case was thrown out on 13 September 2018. However, the government appealed, overturning the permanent stay. In the subsequent retrial, the fifteen remaining members of the group were sentenced to a maximum of 11 months in prison in December 2019. All of the protestors were released by April 2020.

Events in the year 2016 in Nauru.

References

  1. ↑ "President Waqa receives new Australian High Commissioner to Nauru". Loop Nauru. January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook". Loop Nauru. January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook". Radio New Zealand . January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "More refugees leave Nauru for US". Radio New Zealand . February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ "More refugees leave Nauru for resettlement". Loop Nauru. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ "More refugees leave Nauru for America". Loop Nauru. March 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ Doherty, Ben (3 April 2018). "Nauru's former president accuses Australia of being complicit in 'political prosecution'". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nauru appoints Justice Muecke to Supreme Court Bench". Loop Nauru. March 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal". Samoa Observer. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Event Schedule - Women's +90kg". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  11. ↑ "More Nauru refugees sent to be resettled in the US". Loop Nauru. April 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Taiwan grants visa-free entry to Nauru nationals". Loop Nauru (Press release). May 31, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  13. ↑ Doherty, Ben; Vasefi, Saba (June 15, 2018). "Iranian asylum seeker dies by suicide on Nauru". The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Nauru bans Australian Broadcasting Corporation from Pacific Islands Forum". IFEX. July 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  15. ↑ "More Nauru refugees leave for US". Loop Nauru. July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  16. ↑ "US resettlement of refugees on Nauru continues as Australians protest". Loop Nauru. July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  17. ↑ Davidson, Helen (September 4, 2018). "New Zealand reporter detained by police on Nauru after refugee interviews". The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Permanent stay for Nauru anti government protestors". Radio New Zealand . 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "First sitting of the Nauru Court of Appeal". Loop Nauru (Press release). December 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Nauru partners with deep sea mining company on quest for sustainable future". Loop Nauru (Press release). July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  21. ↑ Davison, Janet (August 5, 2018). "Murky waters". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  22. ↑ Davidson, Helen (August 19, 2018). "Human rights groups set deadline to get all refugee children off Nauru". The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023.
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