Ruth Halbert

ARTIST

I wish to acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional lands of the Noongar people.

For the 192nd man on Manus Island

February 06, 2017 in lies, politics

Dear Prime Minister,

Every man, woman and child detained by Australia in offshore prisons has suffered too much.

Close the camps. Bring them here.

Dear Prime Minister

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On July 30 2016 I started writing letters to the Prime Minister of Australia about the asylum seekers in the offshore detention centres of Manus Island and Nauru. Each letter is written on behalf of an individual at one of those centres. As I cannot find out the names, details nor photos of these asylum seekers I am forced to refer to them anonymously. There are more than 1500 asylum seekers in off shore detention. These are transcripts of those letters and the response from Mr Turnbull.

Art

Chauka, please tell us the time: a documentary filmed by Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani.

Cartoonist, Mr Eaten Fish, is detained on Manus Island. His work can be seen here.

The Refugee Art Project: passionate about showcasing the enormous talent, locked away, beyond the razor wire.

The Confined Hearts Project: Penny Ryan's project involves making and showing 1468 small terracotta human hearts, one for each person currently detained on Nauru and Manus Island as part of Australia’s policies on people seeking asylum.

Mohammad Ali Maleki's poetry from Manus Island

Voices from detention

Mina Taherkhani writes from Nauru

The Messenger is based on thousands of voice messages sent by Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a refugee currently detained on the Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, to Michael Green, a journalist based in Melbourne.

Behind the Wires is an oral history project documenting the stories of the men, women and children who have been detained by the Australian government after seeking asylum in Australia.

My life as a Rohingya, by Imran Mohammad