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Refugee wins the Australia's richest literary prize
Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won the Victorian Prize for Literature. Behrouz Boochani was awarded for his work “No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison”. The astonishing fact is that Boochani wrote the work on his phone and sent it to Omid Tofighian bit-by-bit in text messages. ..
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Topics: Asylum seeker • Australian asylum law • Behrouz Boochani • Nauru • No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison • Omid Tofighian • Papua New Guinea • Victorian Prize for Literature
Behrouz Boochani wins Australia’s richest literary prize
The Kurdish Iranian journalist, filmmaker and detained refugee, Behrouz Boochani has won the Victorian Prize for Literature for a book he reportedly wrote using the online messaging service WhatsApp. He was awarded the Aus$100,000 (US$72,600) prize for his book “No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison”. He will receive an additional Aus$25,000 after ..
Topics: Asylum seeker • Behrouz • Behrouz Boochani • Continents • Immigration to Australia • Manus Island • Manus Province • Manus Regional Processing Centre • No Friend But the Mountains • Oceania • Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
Geneva Convention, 1951
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention, is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. The Convention also sets out which people do not qualify as refugees, such as war criminals. The Convention builds ..
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