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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Australia ordered to negotiate with 122 Indonesians wrongly held in adult jails when they were children

A dilapidated boat sails on a calm sea
An asylum seeker boat arriving at Christmas Island in 2011. The commonwealth has been ordered to try to negotiate a settlement with 122 Indonesians who have launched a class action over their imprisonment as adult people smugglers. Photograph: Josh Jerga/AAP

The Australian government has been ordered to attempt to negotiate a settlement with more than 100 Indonesians who say they were wrongly imprisoned as adult people smugglers when they were children, on the basis of flawed medical evidence.

The 122 Indonesians launched a landmark class action against the federal government two years ago claiming wrongful detention between 2008 and 2011.

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