Refugee advocates have mobbed Senator Katy Gallagher's London Circuit office in a snap demonstration against offshore detention.
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The offices of ACT federal parliamentarians Senator Zed Seselja and Andrew Leigh were also targeted by Canberra's Refugee Action Committee on Friday afternoon, following the death of 26-year-old Bangladeshi asylum seeker on Nauru earlier this month.
His death was the second at the immigration detention centre in as many weeks and in a rallying cry on social media, the committee called on Canberra politicians to "represent the will" of their community and demand the closure of Nauru and Manus Island.
Dr John Minns from the Refugee Action Committee said up to 200 protesters rallied outside Senator Seselja's office.
He said the protests would continue until the ACT's federal politicians took a stand against offshore processing of asylum seekers.
"The system [both parties] have set up has produced a stream of tragedies with no signs of easing up," Dr Minns said.
"Sadly these kind of events where the Canberra community conducts a vigil or protest are becoming more and more frequent and yet not a word has been said by our federal parliamentarians."
