It has been a year since the murder of Reza Barati, an Iranian asylum seeker held in the detention centre of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Many others were badly injured on that day, but the Australian government has made no real attempts to investigate this murder. Meanwhile, the conditions for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru, Australia’s second offshore detention centre for asylum seekers, continue to deteriorate. The movement to free these asylum seekers and close the camps continues around Australia with events and actions planned in upcoming weeks and months.
It has been a year since the murder of Reza Barati, an Iranian asylum seeker held in the detention centre of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Many others were badly injured on that day, but the Australian government has made no real attempts to investigate this murder. Meanwhile, the conditions for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru, Australia’s second offshore detention centre for asylum seekers, continue to deteriorate. The movement to free these asylum seekers and close the camps continues around Australia with events and actions planned in upcoming weeks and months.
