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| Subject: SRI Lankan asylum seekers rejected by OZschwitz sent home to 'arrest, torture' Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:49 am | |
| SRI Lankan asylum seekers rejected by Australia and sent home say they have been arrested, imprisoned without trial and tortured.
With about 150 Tamils in the Australian immigration detention system currently facing involuntary return to Sri Lanka, an investigation by The Age has uncovered alleged instances of people being sent back to systematic, state-sanctioned abuse.
Sinhalese brothers Sumith and Indika Balapuwaduge, who were sent back from Australia in 2009 after their asylum claims were rejected, both say they have been interrogated and tortured in police custody. Advertisement
In one instance, Sumith was horrifically beaten in his home in front of his four-year-old son, his wife has told The Age.
For the past 23 months, the pair have been imprisoned, but they have not yet had a trial.
Another man, whom The Age has chosen not to identify because he fears reprisals, was returned to Sri Lanka after his boat was stopped from reaching Australian waters after direct intervention by then prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/sent-home-to-arrest-torture-20120723-22kur.html#ixzz21WYicDLL
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