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Behrouz Boochani

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Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian writer, was detained in a refugee transit center in Papua New Guinea and faced harassment for his reporting on the human rights issues at the Manus Island Regional Processing Center. In July 2020, he was granted asylum in New Zealand. He later published Freedom, Only Freedom, a book of his prison writings, and entered Australia in December 2022 for its launch. He now lives in New Zealand and continues to advocate for refugee rights and speak out on global human rights issues, including protests in Iran.