Georgia Lee

Many years in Manus. Won't rest until all the men are free.

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Calling all #artistsontwitter please amplify the voices of innocent #refugees in detention. They're urgently seeking safety from #COVID19. Detention is a HUGE infection risk. They need our support. Use #artists4refugees
#FreeTheRefugees #GameOver @AzimiMoz

[Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster]

Refugee files High Court challenge against Home Affairs minister & department over #COVID19 infection fears in immigration detention (ICYMI on @SBSNews last week) https://t.co/rz4dKxzXJQ via @10NewsFirst Pics: @aap_photos #auspol #refugees #Manus #Nauru #coronavirus #humanrights

[Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster]

"If you don't want to die, don't come to Papua": #COVID19 response team. Damning report in @jakpost, many #coronavirus cases imported, number infected in Highlands unknown, official stats in doubt https://t.co/PufxrBVyVS (photo of Jakarta) #Indonesia #WestPapua #PNG #Pacific

[Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster]

110 govt officials in #Indonesia's Papua province test positive for #coronavirus. That's just in Mimika where official stats say 45 infected https://t.co/l7BM1M5Wwv via @AntaraEnglish #COVID19 #Indonesia #Pacific #WestPapua #PNG

[Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster]

"Very worrying .. a major drop in GDP will lead to more poverty and more premature deaths”: #PNG Treasurer on #COVID19 'state of emergency' and recession https://t.co/Sg5gnUKqDk via #TheNational #coronavirus #economy #Pacific

[Marie McInerney @mariemcinerney]

“It is bad ethics not to protect vulnerable refugees. It is bad ethics to silence protest about our failure to protect the vulnerable.” Dr David Isaacs on detention and the #coronavirus, as @FarhadBandesh continues to raise the alarm https://t.co/b8K8GcRpma cc @JSalmonupstream

[iBrAhiM @SuchNigel]

I always dreamed of going to university when I arrived in Australia but it was not easy, I faced indefinite detentions and I still suffer from them, all my dreams are dissipated, I have one wish to live a moment of freedom one day, even if it is only for one day.

#Nauru

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

“Australian infectious disease experts have pointed to detention centres as potential “potholes" in the government’s new road to recovery from COVID-19.”

[Injustice @ocres_devil]

https://t.co/L6vfK6qFj4

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Thanks so much for these words. I hope the shift towards kindness and empathy - and respecting our own and others’ suffering - is a lasting outcome of this virus.

I wrote about that here too. I’d love you to read it @NyadolNyuon if you have time. https://t.co/5SgQZ7ODkb

[Nyadol (nyadolnyuon on Threads) Nyuon OAM @NyadolNyuon]

A few thoughts on living with #COVID19

Your life has changed for the worse, and admitting it can help you cope | Nyadol Nyuon https://t.co/HtxrQa8kym

[David Burke @DavidSzokeB]

These men are terrified by the threat of COVID-19. They just want what all of us want right now - to be safe. Instead, they are forced to sleep 3 or 4 to a room in cramped detention centres and hotels.

The Government must release these people to community housing now

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

@StefArmbruster @SBSNews Great, I was waiting for someone to do this & wish I lived in Brisbane 👍

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Thanks to @causesmassive for this amazing pic!
Great to see so many super heroes determined to #FreeTheRefugees

Plz add your creative skills to help their protests! #artists4refugees #TheArtOfProtest #Manus #Nauru #auspol #COVID19Aus

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Calling all #artistsontwitter please amplify the voices of innocent #refugees in detention. They're urgently seeking safety from #COVID19. Detention is a HUGE infection risk. They need our support. Use #artists4refugees
#FreeTheRefugees #GameOver @AzimiMoz

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Draw, paint, photoshop, write, knit or stitch! Pls send pics to me and I'll collate them here, or post to #artists4refugees

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

@rightsagenda Why do detention guidelines say staff can come & go & only need to 'self-screen for symptoms?' Govt admits ppl in detention facilities are among those most at risk & we know ppl can be asymptomatic & transmit disease. They're hiding behind these guidelines https://t.co/o4UXwNWLrk

[Human Rights Law Centre @humanrightsHRLC]

Mostafa Azimitabar on the risk of COVID-19 in immigration detention, “If just one of us gets this virus, all of us [will] get it quickly...They have placed us at an extremely high risk..."

The Government must urgently release people to safety.

https://t.co/caRbXSPev0

[Natalie Whiting @Nat_Whiting]

Motu Koita Assembly, the body representing traditional owners of Port Moresby, is installing permanent gates at the entry points of several villages following a case of covid19 being identified in the city. #PNG

[ABC News @abcnews]

PNG's PM tested for coronavirus after COVID-19 operations centre staffer tests positive https://t.co/Xx7OUEvWzp

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

@riserefugee @SuchNigel @ForLovenFreedom @AzimiMoz @FarhadBandesh @lynnemurphy1 @ManusAlert @margaret_tmsinc @rac_canberra @Drs4Refugees

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

OK, so if 80% of #COVID19au cases are mild or asymptomatic, HOW can it be safe to send staff into detention centres & prisons with only "self-screening for symptoms" & instructions not to work "if symptomatic"? Isn't this lunacy?
@normanswan @NickMcKim
https://t.co/tjQqjUEaJI

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

Doesn't the reliance on 'self-screening' among detention centre staff also put an unfair burden on them to know if they're carrying COVID-19? Imagine being the worker who brought the virus in if it costs lives!
@rac_sydney @ASRC1 @GameOver7years @racvictoria @OzRefugeeCounc

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

OK, so if 80% of #COVID19au cases are mild or asymptomatic, HOW can it be safe to send staff into detention centres & prisons with only "self-screening for symptoms" & instructions not to work "if symptomatic"? Isn't this lunacy?
@normanswan @NickMcKim
https://t.co/tjQqjUEaJI

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

@NickMcKim @TomCBallard Thanks for your work on this @NickMcKim & @TomCBallard! Nick can you check out the CDNA national guidelines 4 covid outbreaks in detention? Why do they rely ONLY on self screening for symptoms by staff?

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

And why do the CDNA National Guidelines for COVID‐19 Outbreaks in detention & prisons not reflect best practice when we know asymptomatic carriers can spread disease? @MarkJIsaacs @ThaliaAnthony @StefArmbruster @HannahD15 @mariemcinerney

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

OK, so if 80% of #COVID19au cases are mild or asymptomatic, HOW can it be safe to send staff into detention centres & prisons with only "self-screening for symptoms" & instructions not to work "if symptomatic"? Isn't this lunacy?
@normanswan @NickMcKim
https://t.co/tjQqjUEaJI

[Georgia Lee @georgia_jerry]

The worker who infected several staff & residents at a Sydney nursing home only had mild #COVID19au symptoms & is "distraught & mortified." She just had a "scratchy throat." How can we guarantee safety in detention if staff only have to 'self-screen for symptoms?'
@Craig_Foster