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Manus detainees continue to gather daily at 2pm to protest the worsening conditions imposed by Canberra.
Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani, a detainee on Manus, said the protests were prompted by restrictions imposed on water and electricity supply but there had been one day the protest did not go ahead.
"We didn't have protest on that day that Hamed died because we cancelled it because the refugees were so angry and sad, we were scared that someone would make violence."
The act of restrainst was the result of the death of Hamed Shamshiripour whose body was found hanging on Monday.
He is the fifth detainee to die on Manus since 2013.
The Australian human rights lawyer acting on behalf of Mr Shamshiripour's family members in Iran, George Newhouse, said they wanted justice.
He said they wanted to know why government agencies left Mr Shamshiripour without adequate care and supervision.
"They want to know the truth about what happened to their son...and they want those in the Australian government and bureaucracy who knew about Hamed's illness and vulnerabilities, but did nothing, to be held accountable."
Police say Mr Shamshiripour took his own life, although Behrouz Bouchani said questions over the cause of death remain.
"His death is suspicious. The refugees think that maybe someone killed him so we are calling for an independent investigation."
George Newhouse agrees saying the family want an urgent independent autopsy in Australia.
Meanwhile, Mr Boochani says another refugee has been medivacced to a hospital in Brisbane.
"He was attacked on Friday night in Lorengau. After two days they sent him to IHMS, he was blood vomiting. He was in the IHMS for four days. So after four days they transferred him to Port Moresby, he was there for two days then they sent him to Australia."
When asked about the man's welfare, a spokesperson for the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection responded in writing.
"The department does not comment publicly on an individual's health and transfer arrangements. Decisions about medical transfers from Manus Island are made on a case-by-case basis."
George Newhouse said the Australian government was using a deliberate and evil strategy to distance itself from responsibility for the men of Manus.
"It will end in more deaths and those deaths will be sheeted home to the Australian government. They want to absolve themselves of responsibility but they have put people in harm's way."
Mr Newhouse said a recently released transcript of a conversation between the Australian prime minister's and the US president shows Canberra acknowledged the men on Manus are under Australia's care.
