Ruth Halbert
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Blog: Dear Prime Minister

On July 30 2016 I started writing letters to the Prime Minister of Australia to protest against the imprisonment and torture of the asylum seekers in the offshore detention centres of Manus Island and Nauru. I started with the intention of writing a letter a day for every person in detention until they are all freed. There are more than 1800 asylum seekers in off shore detention. These are those letters and any response from Mr Turnbull.

Reunite Nayser with his family

Dear Prime Minister

The case of Nayser, detained on Manus Island, is one of the worst reasons why indefinite offshore detention is unjust. Nayser's family arrived in Australia four years ago but because he was on a boat that arrived a few days later he was sent to Manus Island. Nayser's daughter, known as Zaharah, has bravely gone to Canberra and met with politicians to ask that her dad be reunited with his family. Work by groups such as GetUp shows increasingly overwhelming public support for reuniting Nayser with his family.

https://www.ruthhalbert.com.au/dear-prime-minister/2016/9/18/letters-to-tyranny-51

https://www.ruthhalbert.com.au/dear-prime-minister/2016/9/18/letters-to-tyranny-51

End offshore detention and let Nayser and the other detainees who are split from their families be finally reunited.

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