An Iraqi asylum seeker who has been on a hunger strike for more than six months at the Manus Island detention centre says he is dying.
Mohammad Albederee stopped eating to protest against the lack of medical treatment for his kidney and shoulder problems after an alleged assault by guards at the Papua New Guinea detention centre last year.
“I feel I will lose my life very soon,” the 31-year-old said in a video obtained by Australian Associated Press.
A tearful Albederee then pleads for help. “I need help, I don’t want to die.”
He says he cannot keep even fluids down.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has insisted Albederee is receiving appropriate medical care.
Albederee was reportedly flown to Port Moresby in mid-June for x-rays and an MRI but instead of being kept in a hospital, he was kept under watch in a hotel room for 12 days.