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Friday, May 15, 2020

'Take him down': Fiji's prison commissioner accused of ordering staff to beat inmates

Exclusive: Four former prison officers seeking asylum in Australia claim Francis Kean, brother-in-law of Fiji’s PM, ran a brutal campaign of intimidation

Four former prison officers from Fiji are seeking asylum in Australia claiming the prime minister’s brother-in-law, who is the commissioner of the corrections service, routinely ordered the beating and mistreatment of prisoners and at one point ordered them to assault a fellow staff member.

Detailed accounts given to the Guardian by the four officers claim Francis Kean, a powerful figure inside Fiji, waged a brutal campaign of intimidation, coercion, bullying and violence on both prisoners and staff – which human rights campaigners say may amount to torture – with impunity.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/16/ex-officers-accuse-fijis-prison-commissioner-of-ordering-staff-to-beat-inmates

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