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Australia settles with family of refugee Reza Barati, murdered on Manus Island in 2014 (www.theguardian.com)
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Exclusive: The government has reached a confidential settlement with Barati’s family, who say they ‘fought for justice for Reza’

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[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

And thank you Ben Doherty for highlighting this:

Two men, Louie Efi and Joshua Kaluvia, were convicted of Barati’s murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison, later reduced to five years. They have since been released. Kaluvia worked for the Salvation Army inside the detention centre and Efi was a security guard for G4S.

The pair consistently maintained others – including expatriate staff working in the detention centre – were also responsible for attacking and killing Barati. “We have to take the blame for them,” Kaluvia told the Guardian in a prison interview in 2015.

Eyewitnesses gave statements to police and to court that up to 15 guards – from Australia and Papua New Guinea – were involved in attacking Barati, including kicking him as he lay on the ground. An Australian government report found Barati was killed by “a brutal beating by several assailants”.

Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island was ruled illegal by the PNG supreme court in 2017, which ordered that it be closed.