{"id":5129,"date":"2016-06-10T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2016-06-10T10:44:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:44:42","slug":"solidarity-statement-manus-png-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5129","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity statement from Manus to PNG students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is what solidarity looks like&#8230; a message from Manus Island refugees to the PNG student movement<\/p>\n<p>Dear Students,<\/p>\n<p>We are refugees or detainees from Manus Island detention centre. We are writing in solidarity with png students and our friends who lost their lives during their peaceful protest [in Port Moresby]. <\/p>\n<p>We are very aware of the corruption issues in PNG. Billions of dollars have been given to the PNG government by Australia to run the Manus detention center. That money has not been used for the people of Manus or PNG, but has been used to deny our liberty and keep refugees illegally imprisoned. <\/p>\n<p>We have a common fight against corrupt government in PNG and Australia, and a common fight for freedom from tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>We condemn police shooting on peaceful protesters &#8211; our human rights have also been denied.<\/p>\n<p>We have also experienced this kind [of brutality] and have lost two of our friends killed because of their fight for liberty.<\/p>\n<p>We are still fighting for our freedom and we will not give up, remember that you can&#8217;t obtain your freedom or achieve your goal freely, you must sacrifice for it. We won&#8217;t give up.<\/p>\n<p>Manus detainees (108 signatures).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what solidarity looks like&#8230; a message from Manus Island refugees to the PNG student movement Dear Students, We are refugees or detainees from Manus Island detention centre. 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