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.

Letters to Tyranny #80

Dear Prime Minister,

While you and Minister Dutton hide behind a wall of staff who merely say "we will pass on your message" there is a growing group of people around Australia who are acting to directly support the prisoners on Manus Island and Nauru. Today a fundraiser was started in response to Masoud Ali Sheikh's need for emergency medical treatment in Lorengau Hospital. He should have been flown to Australia for treatment. How much has Australia spent on the medical 'services' in the detention camp on Manus Island? Purely symbolic: an Orwellian institution where every function means its opposite.

Bring them here

Ruth Halbert

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