jul 19, 2013 - Riot on Nauru Detention Centre

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A group of current and former Salvation Army staff members who had worked in the Nauru facility released a public statement asserting that “this riot although shocking, was an inevitable outcome from a cruel and degrading policy”. They described the “constant degradation and suffering” experienced by people in detention in the Nauru facility and claimed that the riot “was not borne out of malice. It was a build up of pressure and anxiety over ten months of degrading treatment, and a planned peaceful protest that degenerated. It was a reaction to a refugee processing system that is devoid of logic and fairness”.

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