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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Cameras disabled after Manus Island Concentration Camp photos revealed Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:01 pm | |
| Tablet computers for asylum seekers on Manus Island have had their camera functions removed days after Fairfax Media published photographs of life in the island's camp.
The photographs, which were sent from the camp to the mainland without the knowledge of the Department of Immigration, showed conditions there are very basic.
Despite the prevalence of malaria on the island, they appeared to show little protection offered for children from disease-carrying mosquitoes, with flywire hanging loose over doorways.
There were no doors on the dongas pictured to offer privacy and protection from mosquitoes, and no air-conditioning to offer respite from the island's intense heat. Advertisement
The Department of Immigration says conditions are comparable to those in which Papua New Guinea locals live.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/cameras-disabled-after-manus-island-photos-revealed-20130107-2ccu3.html#ixzz2HKzHSKqO
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