Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nauru is a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean with only 12,500 residents - mtcurado/iStockphoto Australia has started ...

United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities ...

The UN Committee against Torture found Wednesday that Australia violated the Convention against Torture by exposing an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and cruel treatment through offshore transfer ...

Australia failed to protect an Iranian asylum seeker from torture and ill-treatment during his long years in detention, a ...

CANBERRA/PERTH (Reuters) - U.S. officials began taking fingerprints of asylum seekers in an Australian-run camp on the Pacific island of Nauru on Monday, signaling that vetting of applicants for ...

GENEVA - The UN Committee against Torture has found that Australia failed to protect an Iranian asylum seeker from torture and ill-treatment during ...