The 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker died in hospital on Friday,but his wife says treatment on Nauru was sub-standard and blames Australian officials for delays in moving him to BrisbaneThe wife of the 23-year-old Iranian refugee who died after setting himself alight in protest on Nauru has criticised delays in getting him off the island for medical care.
The death of the man, Omid, and in a Brisbane hospital Friday afternoon,comes at the conclude of a tumultuous week which saw the potential collapse of Australia’s offshore processing regime, after Papua unique Guinea announced it would close the Manus Island facility under orders from its supreme court.
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Source: theguardian.com