Behrouz Boochani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Behrouz Boochani

Iranian-Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, poet and film producer

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1983

Place of Birth: Ilam, Ilam Province, Iran

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Behrouz Boochani (born 23 July 1983) is an Iranian-Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer.
He was born in western Iran.
He was held in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea from 2013 until its closure in 2017.
He remained on the island before being moved to Port Moresby along with the other detainees around September 2019.
On 14 November 2019 he arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on a one-month visa, to speak at a special event organised by WORD Christchurch on 29 November, as well as other speaking events.
Boochani is the co-director, along with Iranian film maker Arash Kamali Sarvestani, of the documentary Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time, has published numerous articles in leading media internationally about the plight of refugees held by the Australian government on Manus Island, and has won several awards. His memoir, No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction in January 2019.
The book was tapped out on a mobile phone in a series of single messages over time and translated from Persian into English by Omid Tofighian.