Events in the year 2018 in Nauru.
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Incumbents
Events
- 10 January – Australian High Commissioner to Nauru Angela Tierney presents her credentials to President Waqa.[1]
- 30 January – The Nauruan government lifts a temporary ban on Facebook started in 2015.[2]
- 12 February – Nauru and South Ossetia abolish visa requirements for visits shorter than 90 days.[3]
- 18 February – Thirty-five refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in Los Angeles in the United States.[4]
- 25 February – Twenty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[5]
- 4 March – Twenty-nine refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[6]
- 13 March
- Nauru severs ties with the High Court of Australia.[7]
- Australian judge Geoffrey Muecke takes the oath of office to become a justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru.[8]
- 9 April – Charisma Amoe-Tarrant wins Nauru a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Women's +90kg weightlifting event in Gold Coast, Australia.[9][10]
- 30 April – Sixteen refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[11]
- 1 June – Nauru nationals are granted visa-free entry to Taiwan for visits up to 30 days.[12]
- 15 June – An Iranian asylum seeker's body is found in an Australian offshore processing centre on Nauru. The asylum seeker committed suicide, the third in processing centres on Nauru to do so.[13]
- 2 July – Nauru announces plans to block the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from attending and covering the Pacific Islands Forum in September.[14]
- 8 July – Twenty-three refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[15]
- 22 July – Thirty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[16]
- 4 September – Television New Zealand reporter Barbara Dreaver is detained by the Nauru Police Force following an interviews with refugees.[17]
- 13 September – Justice Geoff Muecke grants the Nauru 19 a permanent stay on their case tied to a protest in 2015.[18]
- 4 December – The Nauru Court of Appeals formally opens.[19]
- Full Date Unknown
- Nauru partners with the company DeepGreen Resources for future deep sea mining.[20][21]
- A coalition of Australian human rights groups set 20 November as a deadline for removing refugee from offshore detention centres in Nauru.[22]
References
- ^ "President Waqa receives new Australian High Commissioner to Nauru". Loop Nauru. January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook". Loop Nauru. January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook". Radio New Zealand. January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "More refugees leave Nauru for US". Radio New Zealand. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "More refugees leave Nauru for resettlement". Loop Nauru. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "More refugees leave Nauru for America". Loop Nauru. March 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Doherty, Ben (3 April 2018). "Nauru's former president accuses Australia of being complicit in 'political prosecution'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Nauru appoints Justice Muecke to Supreme Court Bench". Loop Nauru. March 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal". Samoa Observer. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Event Schedule - Women's +90kg". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "More Nauru refugees sent to be resettled in the US". Loop Nauru. April 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Taiwan grants visa-free entry to Nauru nationals". Loop Nauru (Press release). May 31, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Doherty, Ben; Vasefi, Saba (June 15, 2018). "Iranian asylum seeker dies by suicide on Nauru". The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nauru bans Australian Broadcasting Corporation from Pacific Islands Forum". IFEX. July 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "More Nauru refugees leave for US". Loop Nauru. July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "US resettlement of refugees on Nauru continues as Australians protest". Loop Nauru. July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Davidson, Helen (September 4, 2018). "New Zealand reporter detained by police on Nauru after refugee interviews". The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Permanent stay for Nauru anti government protestors". Radio New Zealand. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "First sitting of the Nauru Court of Appeal". Loop Nauru (Press release). December 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nauru partners with deep sea mining company on quest for sustainable future". Loop Nauru (Press release). July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Davison, Janet (August 5, 2018). "Murky waters". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ 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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