Iran refugee detained by Australian authorities wins Australia's top literature award
Boochani wrote the book on his mobile under detention
A refugee, who is in the detention of Australian authority from last six years for trying to enter Australia through sea route, has won Australia’s top literature award ‘Victorian Prize for literature’ for his book ‘No friends but the mountains’ which he wrote on his mobile phone.
As an Iranian citizen who tried to enter Australia seeking asylum, Behrouz Boochani, has been held in an Australian-run up camp on a Papua New Guinea island. Behrouz has time and again criticized the Australian immigration policy and the treatment people are being given in the run-up camps.
Boochani, wrote the book on his mobile phone in his native language Farsi, and sent it to a translator in Australia for translation in English. Boochani used to write and send one chapter at a time for translation.
“I don’t want to celebrate this achievement while I still see many innocent people suffering around me,” Boochani was quoted as saying by Reuters through WhatsApp conversation.
Boochani said one of his biggest fears when he was writing the book was that his telephone would be confiscated by camp guards.
“I was worried that if they attacked my room they would take my property,” he further told Reuters.
The award was announced on Thursday in an official ceremony in Australia, where Boochani is restricted from ever entering.
The recipient of this award is awarded with A$100,000 ($72,400).
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
