Exclusive: Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali set himself alight on Nauru a year ago. His partner, held in isolation in Australian since that day, speaks about the split-second decision that ended his life and changed hers irrevocably On Nauru, life lay in the small things.In the face of their remote island detention, Omid and Pari had each other, and, each evening, they had the sunset.There is an infinite scream inside of me, and I can´t hold it in any more Related: The Nauru files: the lives of asylum seekers in detention detailed in a unique database - interactive We had been accepted as refugees, why were were still being left here waiting?He was ambitious, intelligent, invincible. But after three years, even Omid was brokenHe went through so much pain. Every cell in his body must have been hurting Related: Iranian refugee critically ill after setting himself on fire on Nauru during UN visit When I close my eyes, his picture is painted on my eyelids Related: Widow of refugee who set himself alight `being kept in hotel and denied a lawyer` Related: Twelve of the most harrowing accounts from the Nauru files - in pictures No explanation for this ongoing detention and secrecy has been given Related: Family of refugee who died after self-immolating on Nauru say `hope is dead´ Related: Self-immolation: desperate protests against Australia`s detention regime Continue reading...
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