Refugees alleging horrific treatment in Australian detention centres face lengthy court delays
Exclusive: Fifty refugees have taken cases against the government that paint a disturbing picture of their treatment, documents show
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Fifty refugees who allege they endured horrific treatment in now-defunct South Australian detention centres are facing vast and unexplained delays to their cases against the government, which threaten to languish in the courts for more than a decade.
Documents filed in the 50 cases before the South Australian district court paint a disturbing picture about the treatment of detainees in the Port Hedland, Woomera and Baxter onshore detention centres in the early 2000s.
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