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#IAmWatching Manus
Dec. 6th, 2017 01:02 pmBehrouz Boochani: I write from Manus Island as a duty to history (GA, 6 December 2017) | A message from Behrouz Boochani – Kurdish refugee and independent journalist (GetUp!, 26 November 2017)
Writer Mark Isaacs is posting many details of life on Manus on his Facebook, such as the role of Australian aid. From his blog: What It's Like Getting to Manus Island (29 November 2017).
I thought that MSF had been unable to provide any medical treatment on Manus since they were barred from the camps, but in fact they were able to treat a number of refugees at the hospital. On Twitter, Behrouz Boochani called for the AMA to go to Manus without waiting for the Australian government's permission; presumably they could also provide much-needed help (for locals, as well as refugees) in this way. Contact the AMA and ask them to talk to Papua New Guinea directly about visiting the island.
Matthew Phillips: Nothing prepared me for Australia's refugee camp (NZ Herald, 22 November 2017). "It was so oppressively hot we could hardly film indoors because the humidity fogged the camera lens. Men drag their mattresses outside to escape the sauna-like conditions in cramped sleeping quarters that are shared by up to 40 men. We saw evidence of months, if not years, of neglect of the facilities."
International complaint lodged over Australia's failure to investigate abuses by Manus contractor (Human Rights Law Centre, 27 November 2017). "The Human Rights Law Centre and OECD Watch have today requested the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to investigate the Australian Government’s handling of a complaint against its former security contractor G4S in relation to alleged abuse of refugees on Manus Island."
Writer Mark Isaacs is posting many details of life on Manus on his Facebook, such as the role of Australian aid. From his blog: What It's Like Getting to Manus Island (29 November 2017).
I thought that MSF had been unable to provide any medical treatment on Manus since they were barred from the camps, but in fact they were able to treat a number of refugees at the hospital. On Twitter, Behrouz Boochani called for the AMA to go to Manus without waiting for the Australian government's permission; presumably they could also provide much-needed help (for locals, as well as refugees) in this way. Contact the AMA and ask them to talk to Papua New Guinea directly about visiting the island.
Matthew Phillips: Nothing prepared me for Australia's refugee camp (NZ Herald, 22 November 2017). "It was so oppressively hot we could hardly film indoors because the humidity fogged the camera lens. Men drag their mattresses outside to escape the sauna-like conditions in cramped sleeping quarters that are shared by up to 40 men. We saw evidence of months, if not years, of neglect of the facilities."
International complaint lodged over Australia's failure to investigate abuses by Manus contractor (Human Rights Law Centre, 27 November 2017). "The Human Rights Law Centre and OECD Watch have today requested the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to investigate the Australian Government’s handling of a complaint against its former security contractor G4S in relation to alleged abuse of refugees on Manus Island."
