A Well Founded Fear of Persecution ABC TV: Monday, March 13, 8.30pm Repeated: Tuesday, March 14, 1pm MEN accused of no crime put in jail, bound and gagged, verbally abused, forcibly and repeatedly injected. This litany of alleged human rights violations comes not from some Third World dictatorship, but from Australia. Next Monday, 4 Corners reveals how Australia is downgrading its human rights record through its treatment of asylum seekers who have travelled across the world to escape persecution. Reporter Chris Masters has investigated how and why Australia is getting tougher on the rising number of people seeking refuge here. In the process he has gathered direct evidence of asylum seekers being forcibly and repeatedly injected with sedatives and housed in prisons when no crime has been committed or alleged. Asylum seekers who spoke to 4 Corners claim they have been treated like animals. One doctor involved with the issue tells the program: "I was appalled and ashamed that that sort of treatment can happen in Australia…I can’t believe that the country that my kids are going to grow up in has purposely built this system." Chris Masters has gained unprecedented access to the previously hidden world of detention centres. He gives a comprehensive account of conditions in which asylum seekers live and the hurdles they must overcome in their quest for permanent refuge. Masters also reveals how the Australian Government contracted a private foreign company to move one group of asylum seekers out of Australia. In an expulsion which turned into a schemozzle, the Government of the country to where the men were shifted insists it was given no warning they were being sent, and that they were virtually dumped there by Australia. A Well Founded Fear of Persecution. 4 Corners, Monday 8.30 pm. ALSO: After the program, put your questions and share your views with reporter Chris Masters, producer Matt Brown and 4C's online audience in the 4C Forum (10:30pm AEDT Monday). Read Chris Masters' bio and browse his previous stories for 4C. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
