{"id":5642,"date":"2017-01-01T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5642"},"modified":"2017-01-01T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T01:55:26","slug":"brutality-rules-new-year-manus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=5642","title":{"rendered":"Brutality rules New Year on Manus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Iranian refugees, Mehdi and Mohammad, have been savagely beaten by PNG police and PNG Immigration officials on New&#8217;s Eve. (See photos of Mehdi in green T shirt.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5643\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0082-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_0082\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0082-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0082-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0082.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The two refugees were in the Lorengau settlement area on Manus last night when PNG officials arrested them around 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>The refugees say they were doing nothing wrong and were only going to join New Year celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>It seems their crime is being outside the detention centre<\/p>\n<p>The two refugees are still in police custody this morning, 1\/1\/17, although no charges have been laid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That two refugees could be beaten so badly by PNG police on New Year&#8217;s eve makes it clear that there is no freedom for refugees on Manus, &#8221; said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5644\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0083-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_0083\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0083-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0083-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0083.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;We would expect the PNG police to be held accountable for the alleged assault, but the PNG police routinely act with impunity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Australian government itself is a party to the brutality, having ignored the PNG Supreme Court decision in April 2016 to close the detention centre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government says that the refugees on Manus may be considered for resettlement in the US &#8211; but any resettlement in the US seems to be months away if it happens at all. There has been no request for Manus refugees to even show &#8216;an expression of interest&#8217; in going to the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_0084\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0084.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;But every day Manus detention takes its toll. At Christmas, Faysal lost his life. Slowly but surely the lives of all those being held on Manus are being lost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The latest bashings are just the latest indication of the reality of Australia&#8217;s offshore detention regime. It&#8217;s time the government stopped playing politics with the lives of innocent people, and brought all the asylum seekers and refugees to Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Iranian refugees, Mehdi and Mohammad, have been savagely beaten by PNG police and PNG Immigration officials on New&#8217;s Eve. (See photos of Mehdi in green T shirt.) The two refugees were in the Lorengau settlement area on Manus last night when PNG officials arrested them around 8pm. 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