Landmark legal case challenges the ‘inhumane’ use of handcuffs on asylum seekers

‘The use of handcuffs to restrain asylum seekers who are seeking access to medical appointments will be challenged before the federal court in a landmark legal case.’

‘The case has been lodged by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre on behalf of asylum seeker Yasir*, who fled to Australia in 2013 to avoid persecution…’

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