Government sued over alleged repeated rape of child in Nauru detention

A child asylum seeker who was allegedly raped three times while on Nauru is suing the Commonwealth government and detention centre operators. The Iranian boy arrived in Australia by boat with his mother and was transferred to Nauru in October 2013, where he was allegedly raped three times by an older male over six weeks the following year. Lawyers for the Iranian boy, who was 10 at the time, say the alleged repeated abuse shows a failure of duty of care.

A campaign to have all child asylum seekers transferred off Nauru has gathered momentum this year. Source: AAP

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