Nauru assaults and illness covered up by government, lawyers group says

By Nicole Hasham
Updated August 28 2015 - 8:13am, first published 7:29am
The detention centre on Nauru.
The detention centre on Nauru.

Alleged sex crimes against asylum seekers, worker misconduct and cases of typhoid and tuberculosis were not reported to the nation's workplace safety watchdog, showing the federal government is aiding a "cover-up" of alarming conditions at the Nauru detention camp, a lawyers group says.

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