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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Australia settles with family of refugee Reza Barati, murdered on Manus Island in 2014

Reza Barati’s picture at a vigil for him in Brisbane in 2014.
Reza Barati’s family has reached a settlement with the Australian government over his death on Manus Island in 2014. Photograph: Dan Peled/EPA

The Australian government has reached a confidential settlement with the family of the refugee Reza Barati, nine years after he was murdered by guards inside the Manus Island detention centre, and two years after his parents sued over his death.

Barati was 23 when he was beaten to death by guards and other contractors during a violent rampage inside the Australian-run offshore detention centre in February 2014. His assailants attacked him with a length of timber spiked with nails, repeatedly kicked and punched him once he had fallen and dropped a large rock on his head.

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