Asylum seeker on Manus Island swallows razor blades in protest at detention An Egyptian asylum seeker is believed to be undergoing medical treatment on Manus Island after swallowing razor blades in a protest against his detention. The 39-year-old asylum seeker was said to be part of Egypts minority Christian community, fleeing religious persecution. The ABC spoke to an asylum seeker who said he translated for health workers treating the man. He go and swallow four razor [blades]. He vomit one and three [are] still inside his body, the Middle Eastern man said. I was there, I was with him, I went with him to the medical, to IHMS [contractor International Health and Medical Services] to translate for him because he refused to get anyone with him. The Egyptian mans health began to deteriorate rapidly, according to the witness. His body become white, his skin become totally white... and his leg... become blue, so terrible. The claim could not be independently verified but it came as other asylum seekers sewed their lips together in acts of increasing desperation. Asylum seekers said hundreds were participating in a hunger strike and the ABC had obtained photographs of eight different men with their lips sewn together. mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/asylum-seeker-on-manus-island-swallows-razor-blades/6018102
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:54:52 +0000
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