Refugee group to rally at Dutton's office

The Refugee Action Collective is holding a peak hour protest outside Peter Dutton's electoral office following the death of an Iranian asylum seeker.

Refugee activists will rally outside Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's office in protest over another death of an asylum seeker on Nauru.

The Refugee Action Collective has called the peak hour protest outside Mr Dutton's Strathpine electoral office, north of Brisbane, for two hours on Monday morning.

The group says it's in response to a 26-year-old Iranian man taking his own life on Friday after he was "broken by the system of detention and medical neglect".

"This was another unnecessary death and the responsibility rests squarely with Peter Dutton," said RAC spokesperson Mark Gillespie.

Mr Gillespie said it was the 12th death in Australia's offshore detention system and came two months after the man's 12-year-old brother made a video and pleaded with authorities to help his sick mother.

In the video, the boy said "my brother is totally depressed".

The Refugee Action Collective says it will hold up signs to the passing traffic claiming Mr Dutton has blood on his hands.

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