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Allegations PNG police assaulted asylum detainees

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The Papua New Guinean M-P for Manus Island has responded to claims two asylum seekers were arrested and assaulted by police outside Australia's immigration detention centre. Image: One of the two Iranian men allegedly bashed by PNG police in New Years Eve (Supplied by the Refugee Action Coalition)


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The Papua New Guinean M-P for Manus Island has responded to claims two asylum seekers were arrested and assaulted by police outside Australia's immigration detention centre. Image: One of the two Iranian men allegedly bashed by PNG police in New Years Eve (Supplied by the Refugee Action Coalition)


It is alleged that officers bashed the two Iranian men on New Year's eve, who were denied appropriate medical care before being released from police custody.

 

 

 

 


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