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.

Knife attacks on Manus

Dear Prime Minister,

More violence occurred on Manus Island overnight. Two men have been attacked, separately, and wounded. Another man was robbed when he went to church.

Activists target Ferrovial's offices in Sydney to protest against Ferrovial's company, Broadspectrum, which runs the detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.

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End offshore detention now and bring all men, women and children to Australia.

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