The UN Committee against Torture found Wednesday that Australia violated the Convention against Torture by exposing an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and cruel treatment through offshore transfer ...

The United Nations committee has determined Australia breached its international legal obligations by allegedly exposing an ...

A detainee has died after suffering a “serious wound” at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, with homicide detectives ...

Australia failed to protect an Iranian asylum seeker from torture and ill-treatment during his long years in detention, a ...

A murder probe is underway after an immigration centre detainee was charged over the death of another man inside the complex.

CANBERRA, Australia, April 20 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has expressed disappointment at the Australian government's failure to look at alternatives to detention for asylum-seekers arriving by ...

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The Committee called on Australia to provide the complainant with full redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, to afford him an opportunity to have his protection claims examined by the ...