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No-one hears you

Behrouz Boochani shares his inside account of life on Manus Island.

When Cartoonists are in the Line of Fire

The Free Voices lecture as delivered by Cathy Wilcox

Gaybe Baby

The film caused a stir and got people talking, but what change did it make?

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"Let them speak"

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Truth to power: translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece

August 30, 2018

Sydney academic Omid Tofighian writes about his role as translator of the book, No Friend but the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison, by refugee...

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