{"id":3749,"date":"2015-01-26T21:10:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2015-01-26T21:10:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T10:10:20","slug":"manus-mike-compound-ends-its-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=3749","title":{"rendered":"Manus: Mike compound ends its hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

The compound that started the mass hunger strike on Manus Island has ended their hunger strike \u2013 13 days after it began \u2013 for now at least.<\/p>\n

It is expected that asylum seekers in Mike will begin eating this evening.<\/p>\n

The protest was called off after Wilson\u2019s security entered Foxtrot this (Monday) morning. It is reported that a number of people were arrested but there are no details available.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s had flown reinforcements to the island on Sunday afternoon. The much-anticipated raids on the compounds began at Foxtrot this morning. Asylum seekers in Foxtrot were herded into the gym area, and guards began going room to room.<\/p>\n

It is clear that Foxtrot was targeted because a lot of information was coming out of that compound.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is tragically ironic that the Immigration Department celebrated Australia Day by trying to stamp out free speech on Manus Island,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe information from Manus Island has put the lie to government statements about the mass protests since day one, when Minister Peter Dutton denied the protest was taking place. The government, the Minister, Transfield and Wilson\u2019s have all been exposed as abusers of human rights on Manus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat news has gone around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hunger strike has prevented the planned forced transfer of refugees to the accommodation at Lorengau that was planned for 22 January. Now the government must halt any plan to force refugees into that temporary housing. And address the stark fact that there are no arrangements for safe resettlement in PNG.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndependent observers are still urgently needed to ensure there are no reprisals against compounds or individuals. Those held in isolation must be released. All of those in Lorengau jail must be returned to the detention centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cSooner or later, the government will have to face up to the fact that offshore processing is untenable; the sooner the better.<\/p>\n

\u201cManus Island must be closed and all of the asylum seekers and refugees must be brought to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is understood that the hunger strike is continuing in other compounds in the detention centre.<\/p>\n

A photograph of a banner drawn by asylum seekers in Mike compound for Australia Day is below. Poignantly it celebrates an “enjoyment of freedom” for the Australian people – a freedom they are being denied.<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The compound that started the mass hunger strike on Manus Island has ended their hunger strike \u2013 13 days after it began \u2013 for now at least. It is expected that asylum seekers in Mike will begin eating this evening. The protest was called off after Wilson\u2019s security entered Foxtrot this (Monday) morning. It is […]<\/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-3749","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\/3749","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=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}