Fazel Chegeni wanted 'nothing but peace'. Instead he died alone in Australia's island prison
Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 14.02 EST The jungle north-east of Christmas Island’s immigration detention centre is dark and unforgiving. A person, seeking refuge or release, can disappear from sight in just a few steps. The terrain runs steeply downhill to the nearby roiling sea. Jagged basalt rock, slippery and sharp, marks the descent. Treacherous country at any time of day. But how a refugee under Australia’s protection came to be there, running weakened, staggering and disoriented through that jungle on a dark November night, is a four-year saga of punitive indifference, bureaucra...
Source: theguardian.com