Monday, 19 October 2015

Somali refugee rape victim was not denied medical attention, says Australian immigration minister

Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton, defends his government’s treatment of a Somali refugee who says she became pregnant after being raped on the Pacific island nation of Nauru, home to an Australian-run detention centre. Speaking on Monday in Canberra, Dutton denied that the 23-year-old woman was not given access to doctors or an interpreter after she was flown to Australia for an abortion, which he claims she then declined

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