Michelle Bui: 'Serco officers just laughed as his life slipped away'
Channel: Green Left
Date: 2015-08-07

Refugee Rights Activists Michelle Bui speaking at Candlelight Vigil for Mohammad Nasim Najafi: Murdered by Mandatory Detention.

Nasim was a young man who fled Afghanistan after witnessing his father being killed by the Taliban. He sought safety and protection, but instead we gave him death.

A few weeks ago Nasim was bashed by section 501 detainees, he had begged to be removed from Yongah Hil IDC, as he did not feel safe. He spent the days prior to his death in an observation room often used for suicidal asylum seekers.

The cause of his death is not known, however we have been told that Nasim complained of medical issues, we have been told an ambulance was requested but these requests went unheeded, we have been told that Serco officers laughed as Nasim's life slipped away from him...

Young men in their 20's generally do not die of heart attacks. A full inquest must be held to determine how this Nasim's life was prematurely taken from him. This sensitive and poetic young man died alone in a solitary room in a detention centre, after being bashed and denied the medical care he requested.

Nasim is not the first young man to die in Immigration Detention and he will not be the last if these punitive policies are allowed to continue.

Please join friends and community members at a candlelight vigil to remember and pay respects to Nasim's life and call for an end to the unjust imprisonment of all those who have sought safety in Australia.

#nomoredyingforfreedom
#endmandatorydetention
#freetherefugees
#weremembernasim



Music:
"Dreams Become Real" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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