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7th Dec 2016 from TwitLonger
Message from #Manus following mass hunger strike in January 2015
Message from #Manus [January 2015]:
Hello dear Australians,
Thirsty Manus has been quenched after fourteen days.
To every single person who is concerned about human rights and freedom:
What you are reading is our message from Manus. Manus is a place that has many similarities with Guantanamo prison. As a matter of fact, it is known as Australian Guantanamo.
More than nine hundred people, nine hundred champions, carried out the largest hunger strike in the history in order to inform the world about the oppressed sound of their innocence.
Today, 27th of January 2015, after more than fourteen days of struggle between oppressor and oppressed, between black and white, wrong and right, rich and poor, the hunger strike is ended while it has indicated the willpower and determination of the oppressed people who had fled from persecutors of their countries and sought asylum in Australia.
But it is unfortunate that these days Australia does not bear signs of having commitment to human rights.
Australian people, what you were told about the situation of Manus Island by the Liberal government during these fourteen days was an absolute lie. Similar to previous movements, this movement was also a peaceful one without any type of violence from our side.
In order to solve problems, we strongly believe in negotiating principles.
It is unbelievable that people from every walk of life and different civil societies such as High Court of Australia remain silent in regards to this cruelty in the name of national interest. This unequal struggle has been finished today while the United Nations does not make any comments on this incident at all.
The great achievement of this movement was to send a message of freedom to people all around the globe.
A message of freedom which has been only a dream and a desire for us so far, however, we are hoping to celebrate the fulfilment of our deisre in the not too distant future with the assistance of Australian people, human rights organisations, lawyers, journalists, refugee advocates, reporters, politicians, various political parties including The Greens, Nationals, Palmer United, Labor, and at last, those members of Liberal party who still care about humanity and are concerned about the future of Australia.
At the end I would like to express my gratitutde to those people, either in Asutralia or other parts of the world, who commiserate with us and who support us in different ways during this period. In fact, your support gives us a lot of encouragement and develops our ability to continue our efforts in this rough and difficult path.
Viva freedom