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 #63

Dear Prime Minister,

Who in the Department of Immigration and Border Protection directed Wilson Security to hire a private investigator to spy on journalists and activists? If Australia's offshore detention policy is such a success why must such extreme measures be used to keep its details secret?

On behalf of Mr XXX XXX from XXX, the 63rd asylum seeker on Manus Island, close the camps and bring them here.

Yours faithfully

Ruth Halbert

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