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UN committee rules Australia violated the human rights of asylum seekers detained on Nauru

Published 10 January 2025, 8:27 am
SBS reporter Claudia Farhart explains the UN Human Rights Committee finding that Australia violated the human rights of a group of asylum seekers, including minors, by detaining them on Nauru even after they were granted refugee status.
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