Protesters have painted outside Brisbane's Department of Immigration office with fake blood to highlight conditions faced by women in Australia's offshore detention centres.
The small group held a silent vigil outside the city building on Friday morning, bringing attention to allegations of sexual violence against asylum seekers on Nauru.
They painted on a footpath the name Nazamin, an Iranian asylum seeker reportedly raped last year.
"The `blood' can easily be cleaned off by water but the damage done to refugees in the aftermath can last a lifetime," protester Mandy McNulty said.
A 2015 Senate inquiry recommended that all asylum-seeker children and their families be removed from Nauru.
Last week Immigration Minister Peter Dutton defended health services at the island's detention centre after Naima Ahmed, a 22-year-old Somali woman, and her premature newborn baby were flown to Brisbane for treatment following an emergency caesarean.
"The flow of information from the government is so intermittent and we feel the public has a right to know more about what is happening in Australia's name," Ms McNulty said.
"We've written to Malcolm Turnbull and called his office but we feel this is the best way to get our message across."
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