Members of Braidwood Amnesty International, St Bede’s Social Justice Group and Rural Australians for Refugees gathered on Wednesday evening to mark four years since Australia re-opened offshore processing.
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Suzanne Gearing spoke at the event, she read the story of one young refugee Naeem.
A Pakistani man Naeem has been detained on Manus Island years after fleeing the persecution of the Taliban.
Naeem fled Pakistan in 2013, after his life was threatened because he sought to protect people from the Taliban.
In his story Naeem spoke of the unlivable conditions on Manus, the lack of proper shelter, water or food.
The Braidwood Cantors then performed a song of lament.
Over 30 people gathered to light candles in memory of the four years asylum seekers have spent living on Nauru and Manus Island.