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.

Twentieth day of peaceful protest on Manus

Dear Prime Minister,

Today is the twentieth day of protest by the men trapped in the Manus RPC. Despite everything they have endured at the hands of Australia they are still peaceful.

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Please honour Australia's obligations as a signatory of the UN Refugee Convention and as a democracy and bring all detainees on Manus Island and Nauru to freedom and safety now.

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