Iranian refugee took his own life after suffering PTSD in immigration detention
Heath and hospital treatment provided to an Iranian asylum seeker who died after moving to Tasmania for a fresh start will be examined by a coroner. Saed Hassanloo spent time in detention across the country, including at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre, after arriving in the country a decade ago. In 2015 he embarked on a hunger strike of about 40 days in Perth, which resulted in him needing hospitalisation and was said to be 'near death'. Mr Hassanloo likely took his own life in Hobart in August 2016 aged 27, about eight months after moving to the city, although his body has never been fo...
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