One year on, no justice for the ‘boat crisis’ survivors and human trafficking victims
Opinion: By Ziaur Rahman Still survivors are deteriorating in sub-human conditions with constant threat to life and liberty. With no legislation for the protection of boat survivors and kidnapped victims, they are suffering and human rights abuses continue. Governments are failing to protect survivors and UNHCR is failing to register and give protection to the survivors. So many human rights groups have discussed these concerns with EU and US officials as well as other members of the diplomatic community. Still there is no investigations and protection for survivors. Rohingya refugees are being kept in indefinite detention. Hundreds of refugees who survived the 15th May 2015 boat crisis in South East Asia have been locked up in poor conditions in Malaysia ever since. Survivors need urgent action to stop detaining those out of prison and release detainees from prison and detention camp and start implementing genuine protections and urgent solutions, especially for human tra...