Water and power has been cut off to parts of the detention centre. Manus protest: refugees block police entry by lying on the ground Read moreThere have been rising tensions between the refugees and Manusians in recent months, and a spate of attacks, including with machetes, on refugees in the Lorengau township. Behrouz Boochani (@BehrouzBoochani) If Australia takes refugees by force to PNG community I can guarantee will be a big tragedy. “Reliable source says local police and special forces will attack detention centre in coming days. “The protest at this moment is focused on ‘power and water’ because immigration cut power and water in the largest compound in Manus.

Source: The Guardian August 06, 2017 06:00 UTC