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Refugees Face Threats in Nauru
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A whistleblower has exposed alarming claims that refugees deported to Nauru are being threatened with violence by monitoring officers, with new Nauruan laws now potentially legalizing such behavior. Under parliamentary privilege, Federal MP Andrew Wilkie revealed firsthand accounts of officers using vile language and warning of a “reckoning,” raising fears that vigilante-style violence could be sanctioned. Twelve deportees—including Australians with family ties back home—are already there, and dozens more await transfer. Human rights groups are demanding an immediate halt to deportations and a full review of the Australia-Nauru agreement, warning this amounts to state-sanctioned violence.
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