Asylum seekers showing signs of trauma, torture, says senator

By Michael Gordon, Sarah Whyte
Updated July 31 2014 - 5:08pm, first published 3:00am

About four out of five of the 157 asylum seekers being held at a remote detention centre in Western Australia after being detained in windowless rooms on the high seas for almost a month are showing signs of trauma and torture, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has claimed.

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