A Sri Lankan man died while in detention at the Shinagawa Immigration Bureau last month after the guards apparently ignored his repeated complaints about severe chest pain, a supporters¡¯ group said Monday.
The death of Nickeles Fernando, 57, comes amid allegations that critically ill detainees are being neglected by the immigration service. It also attests to a tendency to disregard the rights of foreign detainees, lawyers and activists said.
¡°His death illustrates the immigration¡¯s outrageous belittlement of foreigners¡¯ human rights,¡± said Takeshi Omachi, a representative of Provisional Release Association in Japan. ¡°They probably don¡¯t care if foreigners die on their watch.¡±
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