{"id":3662,"date":"2015-01-16T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T06:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2015-01-16T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T06:47:39","slug":"security-guards-attack-manus-compounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3662","title":{"rendered":"Security guards attack Manus compounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security guards including PNG locals began attacking peaceful protests in Oscar and Delta Compounds on Manus Island around 4pm Manus Island time \u2013 see photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/802423869830680.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3663\" title=\"802423869830680\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/802423869830680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/802423869830680.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/802423869830680-180x300.jpeg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a>Only fours hours ago, the Immigration Minister told a press conference that he wanted to \u201cdeal with the issues peacefully\u201d, and stated that, \u201cWe&#8217;re happy to negotiate and discuss the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the action of Transfield\u2019s Emergency Response Team (ERT) has put the lie to the Minister\u2019s statement. There was no discussion and no warning before the security guards began attacking and beating protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is this kind of attack that the asylum seekers have feared all along,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson from the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly the way that the attacks on asylum seekers began in February last year. It was the ERT that was responsible for vicious attacks on peaceful protests asylum seekers on 16 February 2013, the day before Reza Barati was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very clear that the minority responsible for the violence on Manus is the security force itself. It is shocking brutality against people already weakened from two days of fasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s attempts to force asylum seekers in Oscar, Delta and Foxtrot compounds out of the shelters and back into their rooms, failed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Manus-Delta-attack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3664\" title=\"Manus Delta attack2\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Manus-Delta-attack2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Manus-Delta-attack2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Manus-Delta-attack2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIt was the threat of using force to move refugees out of the detention centres and into insecure housing at Lorengau that precipitated the peaceful protests and hunger strike\u201d, said Rintoul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actions of the ERT are likely to inflame the situation even further. The Minister has just proved what the asylum seekers have been saying all along \u2013 they are not safe inside or outside the detention centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security guards including PNG locals began attacking peaceful protests in Oscar and Delta Compounds on Manus Island around 4pm Manus Island time \u2013 see photos. Only fours hours ago, the Immigration Minister told a press conference that he wanted to \u201cdeal with the issues peacefully\u201d, and stated that, \u201cWe&#8217;re happy to negotiate and discuss the [&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-3662","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\/3662","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=3662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}