Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Research + Frame Analysis - Nauru police to investigate asylum seeker sex assault claim

Newspaper article -

This is a news article by Eryk Bagshaw of the Sydney Morning Herald about the sexual assault allegation of an Iranian asylum seeker at the Australian detention centre on the Pacific Island. Within the article, what is made to seem normal is the denial from the detention centre and Nauran police force regarding allegations of sexual assault, as these kind of allegations have been occurring for many years. On the other hand, the sexual assault of asylum seekers is made to seem out of the ordinary. The article contains implied values, including that justice for the abused, if the allegations are true, would be the right outcome. This situation may also be described with proper investigation needing to be completed as this isn’t the first report of sexual abuse, and probably won’t be the last. Within this article, the police have agency and the Iranian asylum seeker involved is victimised.

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