Video: Refugee activists scale the fence of Leonora detention centre
Video: Refugee activists scale the fence at leonora detention centre. activistsfilms/YouTube.
Refugee rights activists scaled the fence of the Leonora detention centre on the night of January 28 to communicate with refugees inside and protest against the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
The activists chanted for the freedom of refugees and threw tennis balls over the fence.
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