Turnbull government and Donald Trump highlighted in Human Rights Watch 2017 report

By Tom McIlroy
Updated January 13 2017 - 2:13am, first published 1:30am
The offshore immigration detention centre on Manus Island.  Photo: Andrew Meares
The offshore immigration detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Andrew Meares

Leading international human rights advocates have slammed the Turnbull government's hardline and highly secretive offshore immigration detention regime as well as its attempts to strengthen counter-terrorism laws in a review of practices around the world.

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