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More than 1,400 children detained in immigration depots, says group
Published:  Mar 6, 2024 9:30 AM
Updated: 2:37 AM
A total of 1,467 children were confined in 20 immigration detention centres nationwide as of last September, said Human Rights Watch.

In a report released today, the international rights organisation presented a chilling eyewitness account detailing the beating of a nine-year-old for requesting more bread.

The eye-witness, Ali, a 44-year-old United Nations-registered Rohingya refugee said, when he tried to stop the assault, he was tortured instead.

Ali was held in a... 


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