Australia: New evidence of refugees being assaulted at sea
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/02/2014 - 8:39pmReprinted from the World Socialist Website - www.wsws.org"
Media interviews with asylum seekers on boats forced back to Indonesia by the Australian navy under the Abbott government’s “stop the boats” regime have confirmed earlier reports of physical assaults and abuse, with asylum seekers being beaten, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed.