
Humanitarian Crisis Emerges in Indonesia Following Scam Crackdown
A humanitarian crisis has developed in Indonesia in the aftermath of a crackdown on scam operations.
20 Feb, 06:13 — 20 Feb, 11:29
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Water prisons, torture: UN urges crackdown on brutal Southeast Asia scam centres
The UN human rights agency on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia and where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked into forced labour. The agency released a report documenting torture, sexual abuse, forced abortions, food deprivation, solitary confinement and other abuses. “The litany of abuse is staggering and at the same time heartbreaking,” UN Human Rights high commissioner Volker Turk said, calling on governments...
By Agence France-Presse
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