Yassmin Abdel-Magied forced to delete Anzac Day post asking Australians to think about Manus Island and Palestine

ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been forced to delete a social media post in which she suggested Australians should be thinking about Manus Island, Nauru, Syria and Palestine today instead of the Anzacs.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Source: ABC Australia

The host of ABC 24’s Saturday morning Australia Wide quickly amended the post to simply say “Lest. We. Forget” and issued an apology.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Source: ABC Australia


“It was brought to my attention that my last post was disrespectful, and for that I unreservedly apologise,”.

استمعوا هنا الى البث المباشر لاذاعتنا و لاذاعة BBC أيضا                  


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