Tag: Behrouz Boochani
Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities
RNZ Pacific
The Refugee Action Coalition has called Australia's apparent attempt to walk away from its responsibilities for the refugees it dumped in Papua New...
NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status
By RNZ News
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand.
Boochani has been in New Zealand since...
Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia's most valuable literary prize for a...
Media prize a ‘defeat’ for Australian refugee censorship, says author
By RNZ Pacific
A refugee journalist detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says winning an Italian award for investigative journalism could end censorship of...
Journalism educators protest over ‘targeting’ of Boochani on Manus
Manus Island was the unique setting for this Sydney Film Festival documentary collaboration between Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani and a Dutch filmmaker using footage...