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.

For the 201st man on Manus Island

Dear Prime Minister,

Behrouz Boochani speaks clearly about what is happening on Manus Island. This is his video diary, edited and presented by the New York Times.

President Trump has questioned a deal to bring migrants held by Australia into the United States as refugees. Here is what daily life looks like for one of them.
By MEGAN SPECIA and YARA BISHARA on February 2, 2017. Photo by Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times.

As Behrouz Boochani says, 'take us from this hell hole ... I think this is our right, after four years, to know about our future'

Close the camps and bring them here.

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