An estimated 250 people have attended a protest against Australia’s offshore detention of asylum seekers and refugees in Darwin on Sunday, following protests in other Australian cities on Saturday and in London and Tokyo on Friday.
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum and Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network held a “circle of silence” rally in Raintree Park, Darwin, the day after the Northern Territory election.
Other cities attracted thousands to events held on Saturday. Organisers estimated 2,000 were at the Melbourne rally and between 3,000 and 5,000 at the Sydney event. Demonstrations were also held in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Ballina and Hobart.
In London protesters staged a live reading of all the incident reports contained in the Nauru files outside Australia House.
Here are photos from Guardian readers of protests across Australia submitted via the #CloseTheCamps GuardianWitness assignment. See all our reader photos or submit your own here.
Sign at rally in Sydney
"For those who've travelled across the sea, we've boundless plains to share"
Brisbane protesters sign the #BringThemHere banner at the Brisbane rally today
Protesters sign the #BringThemHere banner at the National Day of Action For Refugee Rights today in Brisbane. The banner will be delivered to the office of the Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton by Brisbane's Love Makes A Way soon.
