#IAmWatching Manus
Oct. 30th, 2017 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyDiary of disaster: the last days inside Manus Island detention centre (GA, 30 October 2017) Behrouz Boochani's diary counting down to the forced evacuation of the centre. A remarkable passage: "This isn’t the first time that the overpowering tropical ecosystem of Manus forces its way into Manus prison, reclaiming its space... I have a theory based on the idea that had the ecology of Manus not been so pristine, if it had not been so pure, perhaps all of us incarcerated here would have succumbed to the torture by now … we would have broken under the regime of torture and died. During all these years Australian immigration has been destroying the nature on the island; the desecration of the natural environment has been relentless. Australia has violated the sanctity of nature by disrespecting the habitat and constructing a prison. Today is another instance of nature’s struggle against the prison."
Locals threaten violence against Manus Island asylum seekers ahead of camp's closure (SMH, 29 October 2017) "The refugees are terrified of violence if they stay inside the detention centre and if they leave."
Papua New Guinea tells Australia it must resettle refugees unwilling to stay (GA, 30 October 2017)
Australian activist Phoebe Crane is holding a hunger strike in support of the refugees on Manus: https://www.hungerstrike4manus.org/
Locals threaten violence against Manus Island asylum seekers ahead of camp's closure (SMH, 29 October 2017) "The refugees are terrified of violence if they stay inside the detention centre and if they leave."
Papua New Guinea tells Australia it must resettle refugees unwilling to stay (GA, 30 October 2017)
Australian activist Phoebe Crane is holding a hunger strike in support of the refugees on Manus: https://www.hungerstrike4manus.org/
