United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities.
Australia exposed an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and ill-treatment during his years in detention, a UN committee has found, amounting to a breach of international obligations.
Last week, a UN watchdog ruled that Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on Nauru, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing.
A spokesperson for the federal government said it was Australia’s “consistent position” that people in regional processing countries “do not engage our international obligations”.
Australia exposed Iranian asylum seeker to torture on Manus, UN says. By Caitlin Cassidy, The Guardian