Self-harm prevention advocates condemn ‘extraordinarily regressive’ moves by Nauruan government in sentencing manA single father living as a refugee on Nauru has been charged and convicted for attempting to take his own life,after prosecutors sought to exercise his case as a deterrent to people holding protests.
Medical and mental health professionals own criticised the move as victim-blaming, retrograde, and a backwards step in international efforts to decriminalise suicide.
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Source: theguardian.com