Australia: Prolonged Detention and Torture Rulings

Canberra, Australia (HRNW) A UN committee has found that Australia’s offshore and prolonged detention policies exposed an Iranian asylum seeker to conditions amounting to torture. The ruling puts fresh pressure on the Australian government to reform its immigration detention system, which continues to be a focal point of international condemnation for violating the basic rights of those seeking refuge.

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