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Refugees on Manus allegedly bashed by PNG officers

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Two Iranian refugees were allegedly bashed by a PNG immigration officials and police on New Year's Eve.


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Two Iranian refugees were allegedly bashed by a PNG immigration officials and police on New Year's Eve.


Two Iranian refugees on Manus Island were reportedly bashed by a group of PNG police and immigration officials on New Year's Eve and are now in custody without charge or medical attention.

The Refugee Action Coalition says the two men, whose first names are Mehdi and Mohammad, were joining in new year's celebrations when they were confronted by PNG Immigration officials who told them they had no right to be outside the detention centre, and, along with police officers, assaulted them.

Stergos Kastelloriou reports.

 

 

 


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