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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.

For the 154th man on Manus Island

Dear Prime Minister

‘We are suffering every minutes of the day so we never give up’: a message from a detainee on Manus Island.Photograph: David T Young/Penny Young

‘We are suffering every minutes of the day so we never give up’: a message from a detainee on Manus Island.

Photograph: David T Young/Penny Young

Hi my name is XXX I’m from XXX. Right now I’m in Manus Island. We are suffering every minute of the day so we never give up until we get our freedom.
— https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2016/dec/07/we-are-still-suffering-detainees-on-manus-and-nauru-speak-in-pictures#img-14