Iranian journalist and refugee Boochani talks about life in detention and the closure of the Manus Island refugee camp.
For more than four and a half years, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani has been in limbo on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
He was sent there by Australia in 2013, after he tried to reach its shores by boat.
As a journalist in Iran, Boochani published stories that promoted the Kurdish language and culture. He cofounded a Kurdish magazine, but after its offices were raided and several of his colleagues were arrested and accused of undermining the Iranian state, Boochani fled, fearing for his safety.
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