'I'm not free': Asylum seekers share stories displacement and detention in new art exhibition

 A series of 10 portraits included in the Statis art exhibition.

The stories of 10 refugees and their experience of prolonged detention is told in a new exhibition. Source: Supplied / Ken Lambert/Statis exhibition

The head of Amnesty International has met with asylum seekers in Sydney as part of a week-long trip to Australia to discuss the country's response to human rights issues.


Her visit coincided with the opening of a new art exhibition highlighting the plight of those who came to Australia by boat in search of a new life.

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