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Australia violated human rights treaty with Nauru detainees, UN finds (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In short:

A UN committee has found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on Nauru even after they were granted refugee status.

The UN has asked the government to provide compensation to the victims and to ensure similar violations do not recur.

What's next?

The federal government is yet to comment on the findings.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I assume our current government will hold those who enacted this horrific policy personally responsible?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See America, we can commit crimes against humanity as well!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, we've known about your indigenous peoples for awhile. That aside, let’s not race to the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

let’s not race to the bottom.

Yeah there's no way we'd be able to catch up to America, were just happy to participate.