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October 18, 2016

Amnesty Accuses Australia of Turning Nauru into Open-Air Prison for Refugees
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Amnesty International has accused Australia of turning the island of
Nauru into an open-air prison to house refugees and asylum seekers.
Amnesty said the conditions on the tiny South Pacific island amount to
torture.

Anna Keistat: "What I found on Nauru was shocking-the level of mental
trauma, the level of physical illness, the daily assaults and a complete
failure of the authorities of the police to do anything about this, the
daily humiliation and abuse that refugees and asylum seekers are
subjected to."



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