Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Rioting Breaks Out at Remote Australian Detention Center

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Australian officials say protesters have set several fires at an Australian-run detention center on a remote island following the death of an Iranian-born asylum seeker. The immigration department says it has withdrawn guards and other staffers from the facility on Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean south of the Indonesian island of Java. The unrest began after the body of the Iranian detainee was discovered on the island's cliffs Saturday, one day after he escaped...

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