Australian Detention Centre Secrecy Laws Condemned by World Medical Body
July 6, 2015
(The Guardian) – The World Medical Association has condemned new secrecy laws in Australian detention centres, and called on the prime minister, Tony Abbott, to amend the new laws to allow medical staff to speak out about the healthcare of asylum seekers. On Wednesday, more than 40 doctors, nurses, teachers and humanitarian staff who have worked in Australian immigration detention centres wrote an open letter to the federal government in an unprecedented show of unity against a new offence.