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The terrible true story of Mr Eaten Fish, Manus Island cartoonist
Ali is 24 years old. He is from Iran and is an artist. I ask Ali, what is it like to live on Manus Island? Every day the same like the last 800 days, he tells me
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/20/the-terrible-true-story-of-mr-eaten-fish-manus-island-cartoonist
When you have read First Dog's cartoon, please go here to the page set up on behalf of Mr Eaten Fish, read the true story, and sign the petition to have him released from Manus to receive the treatment he so desperately needs.
https://eatenfish.com/
And say a prayer or make your affirmations that Australians will begin to see the light about conditions on Manus and Nauru, and will demand their closure by the Australian Government.