Fifteen people gathered outside the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Darwin on January 19 to show support for asylum seekers and protest against indefinite mandatory detention.
The vigil was called by the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network.
It was an opportunity to voice concern about the deteriorating health of an Iranian man in detention in Darwin, who had been on hunger strike for more than 50 days, and the ongoing hunger strike, protests and violent clashes inside the Manus Island detention centre.
Placards read: 鈥淥ur government, our responsibility: let us fight for you鈥 and 鈥淲e know you are desperate but please don鈥檛 hurt yourself.鈥
The vigil continued from 4pm through until dawn the next day.
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