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Soaliha Iqbal

The Park Street Refugees Don’t Need Novak Djokovic’s Help, They Need Yours

Two months ago the Park Hotel in Carlton in Melbourne’s inner north was, to many Australians, just another building they passed on their commute. But to refugees, it is a symbol of their oppression and torture — and it took the Novak Djokovic saga to for the world to see it that way too.

Now that the Australian Open is over, it will remain a cruel reminder of a country’s indifference to the detained men even after everyone has stopped talking about it.

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