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.

End offshore detention. Close the camps.

Dear Prime Minister,

Your Immigration Minister continues to lie, to hide the CCTV evidence of the Good Friday attack on Manus Island, and to jeopardise relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Three refugees have lodged a formal complaint with Wilson Security, DIBP and the PNG Immigration authorities.

Please sack Minister Dutton immediately, close the camps and bring them here.

lies, Peter DuttonRuth HalbertManus Island, Nauru, illegal detention, refugeesComment