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Newcastle Herald
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Olivia Ireland

'In a better world I should speak': Behrouz Boochani refused just watching parliament

Behrouz Boochani in Canberra after the release of his second book Freedom, Only Freedom. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

When Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani arrived in Canberra on Thursday, he was invited to parliament's last sitting day of the year. He refused.

"I'm not going to go [to parliament] and look at these politicians. In a better world I should speak there, not go there and look at them," he said.

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