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.

Australia's shame

#95 Dear Prime Minister,

Have you listened to any of the outcry over your cruel and insane lifetime ban of offshore detainees? Perhaps it is difficult to hear amongst the din rising from the ever-increasing pile of mistakes, evasions and lies that have accumulated since your election.

Stop this cynical misuse of parliament. End offshore detention and meet Australia's obligations towards the people who have asked us for asylum

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