{"id":3297,"date":"2014-05-29T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T02:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2014-05-29T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T03:00:53","slug":"end-the-farce-reza-barati-protest-calls-for-an-independent-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3297","title":{"rendered":"End the farce: Reza Barati protest calls for an independent inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refugee supporters will hold a protest and vigil today, Thursday 5.30pm, Sydney Town Hall to mark 100 days since Reza Barati was killed on Manus Island and to call for an independent inquiry into Reza\u2019s death and the brutal attacks on the asylum seekers on 17 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe so-called investigations into the death of Reza Barati have degenerated into farce,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne the one hand, the Cornall inquiry is riddled with contradictions and discredited by reports of collaboration between G4S and the PNG Mobile Squad. While on the other, the PNG police directly contradicts the Cornall inquiry and impossibly denies that PNG police were involved in the brutal assault on the asylum seekers,\u201d said Rintoul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-05-28\/manus-riot-png-police-respond-to-report\/5485116\" target=\"_blank\">Deputy Police Commissioner Simon Kauba says<\/a> only that the police blame two Papua New Guineans and two expatriates for Reza\u2019s death but says nothing of the dozens of others that were involved in the murderous assault on Mike compound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth inquiries are determined to whitewash their respective government and police authorities, while any semblance of independence is trashed. Despite constant claims by PNG police that arrests are imminent, it now seems highly unlikely that anyone will ever be charged. Any court action would immediately reveal that the PNG police investigation was tainted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the Australian and PNG government have collaborated to shut down the PNG national Court inquiry led by Justice Canning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe release of names of asylum seekers and potential eye-witnesses who have given evidence of PNG police to the Cornall inquiry has put those lives at immediate risk. Calls to provide witness protection for the asylum seekers have been ignored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe daily threats to the asylum seekers cannot be shrugged off by Scott Morrison. He says he \u2018aspires to make the asylum seekers safe\u2019 but the killers of Reza Barati still have the run of Manus Island, and the G4S locals who were involved in the attacks are still employed by Transfield with the Minister\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe detention centre on Manus Island is not tenable. Scott Morrison must bring the Manus Island asylum seekers to Australia and the detention centre must be closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photograph of the bullet wound inflicted on the asylum seeker on the night of 17 February.<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3299\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The doctor in Port Moresby has confirmed with the Refugee Action Coalition that the bullet was not removed. The wounded asylum seeker reports that the injury still gives him considerable pain.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refugee supporters will hold a protest and vigil today, Thursday 5.30pm, Sydney Town Hall to mark 100 days since Reza Barati was killed on Manus Island and to call for an independent inquiry into Reza\u2019s death and the brutal attacks on the asylum seekers on 17 February. \u201cThe so-called investigations into the death of Reza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18],"class_list":{"0":"post-3297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press-releases","7":"tag-manus"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/311091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}