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TURNED BACK TO TORTURE?On Tuesday, a Dateline special investigation airs allegations that some failed asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka by Australia have been abducted and abused by Sri Lankan security forces on their return. Go Back To Where You Came From presenter, Dr David Corlett, goes undercover to hear horrifying stories of beating and torture of those accused of being associated with the defeated Tamil Tigers. One returnee describes having his fingernails torn out with pliers and being hung upside down and beaten. One woman claims she was raped and beaten by Sri Lankan authorities as she tried to flee her homeland. On Tuesday's program, Dateline will put these claims to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia. Corlett also interviews Sri Lankans who have fled to the UK. These people and human rights experts describe a further catalogue of rape and torture, including branding with hot metal rods. Dateline hears further claims that the government's policy of 'enhanced screening', by which Sri Lankan asylum seekers are subject to rapid assessment, may be returning people to the kind of persecution the Refugee Convention is designed to prevent.HONG KONG PROTESTSAs crowds of pro-democracy campaigners remain camped out in Hong Kong, tonight's Dateline will report live on the protest that's paralysing the city. Tens of thousands were out in force last night, with large numbers expected again tomorrow for the public holiday marking China's National Day. They're angry at Beijing's plans to allow only vetted candidates to run in the 2017 elections for Hong Kong's leader and are also calling for the current leader to resign. There's so far been no repeat of the violent scenes over the weekend and riot police have retreated, but it's a testing situation that the world is continuing to watch closely.NIGEL'S MISSIONFor years, the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage was the man British politics tried to ignore, but his party's victory in the recent European Elections showed that voters were certainly taking notice. On Tuesday's Dateline, Mark Davis profiles this colourful character, known for his controversies and gaffes, but also increasingly for leading UKIP through a meteoric rise in power. At the heart of the party's popularity is opposition to the amount of migrants arriving in Britain through the open borders of the European Union. And with 24 UKIP members voted into the heart of the European Parliament they oppose, they're a voice that's now proving hard to ignore. Mark follows Farage at an important time... next week, his party could win a crucial first seat in the British Parliament, as voters go back to the polls in two by-elections |
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Broadcast 2014-09-30 at 21:30:00 |
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Elections -- Political aspects.
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects.
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Protest movements.
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Refugees -- Abuse of.
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England -- London.
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Australia.
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Sri Lanka -- Colombo.
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China -- Hong Kong.
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Streaming video
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Davis, Mark, host
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Sooka, Yasmin, host
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Corlett, David, reporter
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Novak, Kathy, reporter
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Carr, Bob, contributor
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Dias, Lakshan, contributor
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Farage, Nigel, contributor
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Lake, Greg, contributor
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Lewis, Patrick, contributor
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