Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds
January 25, 2023
An immigration detainee served a contaminated meal was not offered an alternative because the maggots were “just on the vegetables”, a report by the federal watchdog has found. The claims by the commonwealth ombudsman – which are denied by the Australian Border Force – come in a report into conditions inside federal detention centres as part […]
Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia
October 28, 2022
In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice Mounds of brown earth slide into the rows of graves on a day of cold rain and whipping winds as forensic investigators exhume bodies on a hillside to the sound of shellfire in the valleys beyond. Two separate […]
Rwanda flight migrants ‘include victims of torture and human trafficking’
September 4, 2022
Out of the 17 people that doctors conducted clinical assessments for, 14 showed evidence of having been tortured and six were survivors of trafficking Asylum seekers who are survivors of trafficking and torture have been selected for removal to Rwanda, a charity has said. Medical Justice was contacted by 51 people in immigration detention targeted for removal under the […]
How someone becomes a torturer
September 10, 2021
very day, thousands of people are tortured in police stations, security offices and prisons around the world. Human rights organizations protest torture and advocate for survivors, but neither they nor the public knows much about the torturers themselves. Where do torturers come from? How can they do such terrible things? And most important, is there a way […]
Young asylum seeker at high risk of suicide after being blocked from joining brothers in UK, court hears
August 10, 2021
A young asylum seeker who is stranded in a Greek refugee camp after being blocked from joining his brothers in the UK is at high risk of suicide, a medical report shows. In May Samir fled to Europe after fleeing detention and torture in his home country in 2019, was living alone and in fear on the fringes of a refugee camp […]