Martin Ennals Award given to Abdul Aziz Muhamat, who has been advocating for refugee rights on Papua New Guinea island.
Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee activist who has spent years holed up in an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG), has won a prestigious international human rights prize for exposing "the very cruel refugee policy" of Australia's government.
The 25-year-old, who has been tirelessly advocating for refugee rights during his five-year detention, was named the winner of the 2019 Martin Ennals Award in the Swiss city of Geneva during a ceremony held on Wednesday night.
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