URGENT ACTION
2pm Sunday 12 October
Maribyrnong Detention Centre
53 Hampstead Road Maidstone
Melways Ref p27 H10
45-year-old detainee badly beaten at Maribyrnong Detention Centre
A 45-year-old detainee was beaten at Maribyrnong Detention Centre last
night by Australasian Correctional Management guards.
Rachel Judd, a close friend of the detainee spoke to him this morning.
"He told me that he had been taken into isolation and then beaten by ACM
guards. They stripped him, and threw him onto the bed a number of times.
He said he felt as if his arm and wrist had been broken. He=B9s already
vulnerable because he has a back injury and relies on crutches to walk."
Refugee advocates say that after he was taken into isolation he was
denied any telephone contact with his lawyers. This is in spite of
repeated attempts to contact him.
"I was continually reassured by ACM management that he was all right,
and it was only this morning that I found out what had happened", said
Miss Judd.
"This man has a history of being targeted by ACM and DIMIA and these
tactics are an attempt to intimidate him and his supporters," said Fleur
Taylor, from the Refugee Action Collective.
To protest against the ongoing physical abuse, humiliation and isolation
of detainees we seek your support and solidarity. An urgent action is
being called for tomorrow.
There will be media opportunities.
Action: 2:00pm Sunday October 12th.
Maribyrnong Detention Centre
53 Hampstead Road Maidstone
Melways Ref p27 H10
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kris Osborne: 0413 115 109
Fleur Taylor: 0418 9917 03
RAC
Australia Asia Worker Links
The Greens
No-one Is Illegal
Melbourne Anti Deportation Group
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