<nettime> Online Performance: Reading the Nauru Files

READING THE NAURU FILES 2019

From 9 am Nauru Time on 19th of July until 9 am on 20th of July 2019 people from around the world will read the leaked reports contained within The Nauru Files as part of a 24-hour networked performance live streamed on this Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/320063375568971/

Your attendance is greatly appreciated. Please note that the date and time of the performance will vary depending on your location. To check/convert the date and times into your time zone, please this online time zone converter: http://bit.ly/32j4lDW

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INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT
READING THE NAURU FILES 2019

The Nauru Files are leaked reports from staff (Save the Children teachers, caseworkers, recreational staff and some may have been written by security) relating to abuses, self-harm, and neglect of refugees, including children, who have been detained for 6 years and indefinitely by the Australian Government. Refugees and people seeking asylum who tried to reach Australia by boat on or after the 19th of July 2013 were deported by the Australian government to camps on Nauru and Manus Islands (3-4.500km away from Australia). Currently, 12 people have died and mental health has reached alarming and catastrophic levels on both prison-islands.

This networked performance commemorates 6 years to the day of the “indefinite detention” of people who attempted to arrive by boat to Australia since the 19th of July 2013 and have been sent into “offshore processing centres” on Nauru and Manus islands.

By reading this document we hope to urge the Australian politicians to:

Close the camps
Bring people to Australia to be processed fairly and swiftly
Speak to and about refugees and people seeking asylum with respect and humanity, respecting the Rule of Law, the International Human Rights Chart, the 1951 International Refugee Convention & 1967 Protocol.

This networked performance builds on previous Reading the Nauru Files networked performances, which were:

A 24h networked performance live on Facebook with 50 people from around the world on the 19 July 2018 commemorating 5 years of "indefinite detention"

https://www.facebook.com/events/281177502625005 and http://suzonfuks.net/reading-nauru-files-2018

An 18h networked performance live on Facebook by James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks on 19 July 2017 commemorating 4 years of “indefinite detention”

http://suzonfuks.net/reading-nauru-files-2017

The Nauru Files were first published publicly by the Guardian and are available online https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/nauru-files

During the event, we will be using the hashtags

#NauruFilesLive

#6YearsTooMany

#CloseTheCamps

#LetThemGo

For Social Media Sharing

The shortened URL link to link to the information in this document for sharing on social media is http://bit.ly/NauruFilesLive

The shortened URL link for the event page on Facebook is http://bit.ly/2JMZQc2

This 24-hour event will begin at 9am Nauru time, on 19 July and end at 9am on 20 July 2019. As this is a networked online reading, the start times and dates vary depending on your time zone. Please find the start times and dates in some selected time zones below. Your attendance and support would be greatly appreciated.

START DATES IN SOME TIME ZONES ON THE 19th OF JULY:

- Nauru Time, NRT (UTC + 12) - Fri, 19 Jul 2019 @ 09:00

- Brisbane, Australia AEST (UTC + 10) - Fri, 19 Jul 2019 @ 07:00

- Moscow, Russia MSK (UTC +3) - Fri, 19 Jul 2019 @ 00:00

- Tokyo, Japan JST (UTC + 9) - Fri, 19 Jul 2019 @ 06:00

- Beijing, China CST (UTC + 8) - Fri, 19 Jul 2019 @ 05:00

START DATES IN SOME TIME ZONES ON THE 18th OF JULY:

- Los Angeles, USA PDT (UTC – 7) - Thur, 18 Jul 2019 @ 14:00

- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - Thur, 18 Jul 2019 @ 21:00

- New York, USA EDT (UTC - 4) - Thur, 18 Jul 2019 @ 17:00

- London, UK BST (UTC + 1) - Thur, 18 Jul 2019 @ 22:00

- Paris, France CEST (UTC +2) - Thur, 18 Jul 2019 @ 23:00

READERS’ NAMES: Alice Owen, Alisi Liva-liva, Alison Cornyn, Alison Jeffers, Alister Lownie, Amaranta Osorio, Anna Fairley, Anthea Falkenberg, Beth Weinstein, Billy Shannon, Blackrose Flower, Brian Cavanagh, Camilla Boemio, Carol Humber, Charlotte Parallel, Cherry Truluck, Claire O Connor, Constanza, Daniel Pinheiro, Dulce Munoz, Ed Mortimer, Elisabeth Lebailly, Erin Beatson, Erin Twyford, Frederika Tsai, Greg Giannis, Helen Varley Jamieson, Isabelle Arvers, James Cunnigham, Janaina Matter, Jazmin Ochoa, Julie Chenery, Julie Vulcan, Kaylah Amiga, Kara Beavis, Karenza Ebejer, Katarina Djordjevic Urosevic, Kathleen Janne Tuimaseve and students: Tristan, Liam, Nick, Eli, Paige, Tahlia and Brooke (Noosa Christian College, yr 11), Leah Shelton, Lena John Gomez, Lisa Kelly, Linda Lyn Cunningham, Lucille Calmel, Molly Hankwitz, Nasim Khosravi, Ola Johansson, Pali Singh, Patrick Lichty, Rita Marcalo, Robin taubenfeld, Sandra Muller, Scotia Monkivitch, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Stephanie Dick, Susan Reid, Suzon Fuks, Therese Collie, Thida Mwin, Tracey M Benson, Trudy Hairs, Victoria Bansey, William Fisher and Zoe Sharman