The messenger
Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a refugee detained on Manus Island, tells us the story of his life in detention.
'The only way we can send a message is the hunger strike' – the Messenger podcast
After months of interviews, Aziz finally sits facing an immigration officer and an interpreter, about to find out whether he’s been granted refugee status. But he’s too angry to talk about that. What he’d rather know is why he’s just spent weeks locked in a jail cell in Lorengau, before being abruptly released without charge. In this episode Aziz talks about the hunger strike that lead to his imprisonment, and why he continues to pursue big and small acts of resistance – despite the consequences