A new Amnesty International report , has warned companies considering taking over Australia鈥檚 offshore detention centres when Broadspectrum鈥檚 contract expires in October that they would be participating in a deliberately abusive regime and would be complicit in 鈥渢orture鈥.
Amnesty International鈥檚 researcher on business and human rights Lucy Graham said: 鈥淎ny company or organisation considering taking up this toxic baton will be complicit in an intentionally abusive system, in direct contravention of its human rights responsibilities, and will be exposing itself to potential criminal liability and damages claims.
鈥淭he regime of cruelty at the refugee processing centre on Nauru leaves a stain that no responsible company would want on its conscience or reputation.
鈥淭he Australian government has created an island of despair for refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru, but an island of profit for companies making millions of dollars from a system so deliberately and inherently cruel and abusive it amounts to torture.鈥
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