An Iraqi detainee is hospitalised amid protests at detention centre

Combo image of the Melbourne centre and the Iraqi inmate (inset).

Combo image of the Melbourne centre and the Iraqi inmate (inset). Source: AAP, SBS

An inmate protesting the conditions at a Melbourne immigration detention centre through a hunger strike has been hospitalised after allegedly swallowing a shaving razor.



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