Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fed; Detainees say protest is about human rights, not visas

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Fed; Detainees say protest is about human rights, not visas

A refugee advocacy group says detainees at the Woomera detention centre have statedtheir protest is not about visas but human rights.

About 70 Afghan asylum seekers have sewn their lips together at the South Australiancentre, while another 140 people are participating in a hunger strike.

The Independent Council for Refugee Advocacy president MARION LE says she receiveda faxed statement from a group of Afghani asylum seekers at the centre today.

She would not reveal her source and says the statement …

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