Nauru

The Pacific Islands Forum is seeking to raise concerns about the state of the Nauru judiciary with the country's president.

A Nauru judge has ruled that the state must assist the defence with its costs in the case of the so-called 'Nauru 19'.

The United Nations Development Programme is to lead a two-year project to strengthen the capacity of the Nauru Electoral Commission.

It is hoped the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting on Nauru will draw attention to the plight of refugees Australia detains there, an advocate says.

The Nauru government is not following good governance and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum should speak out, an academic says.

The reported suicide of a Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru has led to some services been withdrawn from refugees there, according to a leading advocate.

Nauru is still mourning the death of Fariborz Karami, a 26-year-old Kurdish asylum seeker from Iran, who was found dead on Friday morning in his family's tent, a refugee advocate says.

Twenty one more refugees have left Nauru for the United States.

The company managing Australia's detention centre on Nauru has raised the threat level at its main complex on the island after the death of an asylum seeker on Friday, refugee advocates say.

The group dubbed the 'Nauru 19' is seeking state help to cover the costs of their Australian lawyers.

A new contempt of court law on Nauru is a "really disturbing development", a former resident magistrate to the country says. Audio

Cambodia's Interior Ministry says only one refugee from Nauru remains in the country after resettling there under a deal with Australia.

A former president says Nauru's new contempt of court laws are tailor-made to shut up opposition voices in the country ahead of a major gathering of Pacific leaders.