The cartoonists documented the day’s activities on Twitter.
Setting up now at Australian High Commission #eatenfish pic.twitter.com/7RZh11sFUw
— Banx (@Banxcartoons) March 30, 2017
Evolving @Banxcartoons cartoon outside #AustraliaHouse for #EatenFish #AddAFish @procartoonists @CRNetInt pic.twitter.com/OxULJ2V5ML
— MarshallCartoons (@marshallcartoon) March 30, 2017
With added snorkel @procartoonists #EatenFish #addafish pic.twitter.com/4q92TyY3rl
— Banx (@Banxcartoons) March 30, 2017
#addafish 4 #eatenfish @cartoonelli @procartoonists @CRNetInt #auspol pic.twitter.com/uxBbcN19ID
— The Surreal McCoy (@TSMCartoons) March 30, 2017
#addafish 4 #EatenFish #protest #auspol @PeterDutton_MP @procartoonists @CRNetInt @globalcartoons @Banxcartoons pic.twitter.com/piZWnICmOG
— The Surreal McCoy (@TSMCartoons) March 30, 2017
Musical support at today’s @procartoonists @CRNetInt protest for #EatenFish from the fantastic @theLKQ #auspol pic.twitter.com/k8uQSOymGq
— Terry Anderson (@Schism_Schasm) March 30, 2017
‘The Evolution of Manus’ A short film staring @Banxcartoons Location shoot outside #AustraliaHouse for #EatenFish #AddAFish @procartoonists pic.twitter.com/duv9w867LL
— MarshallCartoons (@marshallcartoon) March 31, 2017
A statement from Eaten Fish reads as follows:
“My name is Eaten Fish. I am an exiled cartoonist who has been detained in detention centres run by Papua New Guinea and Australian governments on Christmas Island and an island in the Pacific Ocean called Manus since July 2013. My cartoons are my diaries. I’ve been suffering so much from different illnesses such as OCD, panic attacks, seizures, muscle spasms, depression, anxiety and self harming. I have been under too much pressure from the immigration department and also sexual assault and ongoing sexual harassment for a long time and been beaten by the PNG Royal Police. After suffering so much, to protect myself, I’m living in an isolated compound for more than a year and do not feel safe to live in this country any more, where you get beaten if you complaint about sexual harassment. Everything about my situation has been documented. I need nothing but peace and safety. My rights have been taken away from me. I need to be in a safe place where no-one insults me because of the way I look.”
Once more we call upon the Australian government to meet its commitments under international law, attend to Eaten Fish’s urgent medical needs and grant him asylum.
CRNI extend out thanks to the committee at PCO for their leadership on the #AddAFish campaign, its members and all cartoonists around the world who contributed.
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