Refugee Update
Oct. 12th, 2016 11:33 amGet me off Manus Island: Assaulted Somali refugee and aid worker's plea for medical treatment (SMH, 10 October 2016). Masoud Ali Shiekh, 27, fomer UNHCR worker who fled death threats in Yemen only to end up being stoned by seven men on Manus Island. "The thing is there is no X-ray. It is broken. There is no scan. There is no anything. The injury is deep in the head and I can't open my eyes. When I stand up I feel like I would fall."
He should be brought to Australia at once for treatment. If you've got a minute, look over the article, then send a short, polite note to:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton
UN tells Nauru to take urgent action to investigate abuse of refugee children (GA, 7 October 2016)
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton spends $8 million on spin doctor army (SMH, 1 October 2016)
Wilson Security hired investigator to find sources of stories about detention centres (29 September 2016)
He should be brought to Australia at once for treatment. If you've got a minute, look over the article, then send a short, polite note to:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton
UN tells Nauru to take urgent action to investigate abuse of refugee children (GA, 7 October 2016)
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton spends $8 million on spin doctor army (SMH, 1 October 2016)
Wilson Security hired investigator to find sources of stories about detention centres (29 September 2016)