{"id":5083,"date":"2016-05-25T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T03:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2016-05-25T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T03:37:41","slug":"refugee-husband-says-nauru-fire-suicide-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5083","title":{"rendered":"Refugee husband says Nauru fire was suicide attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fire that gutted the unit in the Nauru refugee camp, Anuijo, on Monday, May 23, was part of a suicide attempt, according the husband of the woman who was rescued from the burning unit. (See photos and report here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The Iranian woman was given oxygen at the Nauru hospital after being rescued from the unit. He husband and son were not at home when the room was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

The family, including their 5-year-old son, is now being held under surveillance in OPC1. <\/p>\n

A message from the husband of the 30-year-old Iranian woman says that his wife has suffered depression “for a long time,” and had attempted suicide on other occasions.<\/p>\n

She had told medical service providers, IHMS, that she intended to kill herself, \u201cBut no-one paid any attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although the message does not say how the fire was set, her husband says, \u201cToday she locked herself inside that room, and tried to commit suicide.\u201d The husband’s account fits with the fact that security guards had to break into the room to rescue the woman. <\/p>\n

The suicide attempt is the latest in a series of suicides and serious attempted suicides on Nauru as despair has taken hold of the population of asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru.<\/p>\n

Today, Wednesday 25 May, will make the 67th day of protest at the Nauru family compound, RPC 3, and the 28th of protest at the single men\u2019s camp, OPC2.<\/p>\n

The Nauruan government\u2019s growing practise of criminalising suicide by arresting and charging already vulnerable people for attempting suicide is only adding to the anguish and disquiet on Nauru.<\/p>\n

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

The fire that gutted the unit in the Nauru refugee camp, Anuijo, on Monday, May 23, was part of a suicide attempt, according the husband of the woman who was rescued from the burning unit. (See photos and report here.) The Iranian woman was given oxygen at the Nauru hospital after being rescued from the […]<\/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":[12],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-press-releases","tag-nauru"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t