Human Rights Watch blasts Australia's asylum-seeker policies, terrorism laws

By David Wroe
Updated January 27 2016 - 9:08pm, first published 8:47pm
The Nauru detention centre. Photo: Angela Wylie
The Nauru detention centre. Photo: Angela Wylie

A leading international human rights group has blasted Australia's asylum-seeker policy as "abusive" and says a serious rethink is needed to restore the country's standing globally.

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