Geneva, Jan 10, 2025 (AFP) - UN watchdog says Australia violated asylum seekers' rights

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2025-01-10

Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing. The UN Human Rights Committee published decisions in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary detention in the island nation. The panel of 18 independent experts found that in both cases Australia violated the rig......

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