A young Iranian asylum seeker who claims she has been molested by a Wilson Security employee and assaulted by local police on Nauru has made an emotional plea to be evacuated to Australia, while her lawyer, the AMA and a leading psychiatrist believe she is at extreme risk of suicide.
Jazmin*, who is experiencing internal bleeding as a result of an aggravated cyst, spoke to SBS via a secure video link from her tent in Nauru's regional processing centre.
"The doctor says I need surgery on my cyst," she said, clearly distressed. "But they won't take me to Australia or PNG. They say I have to stay here."
Heavily medicated and visibly scarred by self-harm, Jazmin has been hiding in her tent for fear of further attacks, as the federal government reels from a massive leak.
While making a documentary about Australia's offshore detention centers on Nauru and Manus Island, something happened that I have never spoken about before.
Last week, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton dismissed The Guardian's reports of abuse as "hype". His department has told SBS that Jazmin's claims have been investigated and are “not substantiated”.
However, her claims are documented within hundreds of pages of her official medical reports obtained by SBS.
SBS understands her treatment is now subject of an assessment by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
The latest reports from International Health and Medical Services, the private health care provider contracted by the Immigration Department, report "a marked decline" in Jazmin's mental functioning.
"They just attacked me and pushed me; I screamed and everyone in the camp was watching me and crying."
HMS nurses note recurring psychotic episodes and fearfulness, and say her risk of self-harm as "high". Mental health nurses have reported they are "unable to guarantee her safety".
Psychiatrist Professor Louise Newman, who was on the Federal Government's Immigration Health Advisory Group before it was disbanded in 2013, conducted interviews with Jazmin at the request of her Sydney-based lawyer, George Newhouse. Professor Newman believes Jazmin's mental state was consistent with the results of traumatic rape.
Jazmin has told Mr Newhouse she has been raped.
"I speak with women almost every night who are being subjected to sexual assault on Nauru," Professor Newman told SBS.
Jazmin says she was sexually assaulted numerous times - in one instance "touched inappropriately" by a Wilson Security employee.
"I [tried to make a] complaint for [an] investigation by police and I talk to an officer, but they say [no]."
In a statement to SBS, Wilson Security said it was "aware of the complaints and allegations" and that "evidence was provided to the Senate Inquiry into the Regional Processing Centre at Nauru".
