solidarity protest today https://facebook/events/599224873545126/ Refugee Action Coalition (NSW) MEDIA RELEASE MANUS ASYLUM SEEKERS SAY: WE ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE Manus Island asylum seekers have reacted angrily at suggestions made by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Immigration Minister , Peter Dutton, that everything was calm on Manus Island. On top of their hunger strike, they have now placed a ban on using the welfare phone in their compound and on talking to their case workers. A letter signed by 184 hunger striking asylum seekers in Foxtrot compound have sent a letter to show how many are actually on hunger strike. There are others, too weak to sign or some at the medical centre when the signature were collected. In Mike Compound there are 250 hunger strikers; in Oscar 150; in Delta 150 - making a total of 734. The figures represent the hard facts of the situation on Manus Island, said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition. Even after rounding up 70 people, from Delta Compound - the remaining 150 people are on hunger strike. Three people collapsed in Delta this afternoon. Another 11 were rounded up this morning to add to the ten or so, already been held in Chauka isoltaion unit. But the hunger strike continues. The Minister is running out of a minority to blame. For more information , contcat Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:40:53 +0000
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