One inmate became the voice of the men locked up on Manus. Behrouz Boochani and Ben Doherty look back at the risks he took to get this story to the world

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When Ben Doherty met Behrouz Boochani for the first time, it was the middle of the night on Manus Island.

The two journalists embraced in the darkness of the immigration detention centre.

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.