Wednesday, 5 June 2019

UN condemns Australia for detaining blind Tamil refugee for nine years

Kumar should be released and compensated immediately, says UN working group, which found his detention contravened international law

Australia should immediately release a legally blind and mentally ill Tamil refugee who has languished in immigration detention for nearly a decade, a key United Nations body has said.

In a scathing assessment of the detention regime, the UN working group found Australia had contravened international law by detaining the man for more than nine years. It argued he should be released from detention immediately and had an “enforceable right to compensation and other reparations”.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2KvOkUw

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