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Home > Resources > News and blogs > Bangladeshi refugee describes ‘humiliating’ treatment because of disability while detained on Nauru

Bangladeshi refugee describes ‘humiliating’ treatment because of disability while detained on Nauru

Posted November 4, 2022

A disabled Bangladeshi refugee has told the Disability Royal Commission he often went hungry during his detention on Nauru because he was unable to stand in the food line for hours.

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Topics:
Disability Royal Commission, violence, Abuse and Neglect

Author:
SBS News

Date published:
Thu 27th Oct, 2022

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