August 18, 2000

Foreign Students Say Australian Trade School Cheated Them; Yemeni University Maintains Illegal Jail, Human-Rights Group Charges

Foreign students at a new, for-profit computer-training college in Sydney, Australia, say they shelled out a total of more than $206,000 for nonexistent courses and inadequate facilities.

The students, who are enrolled in the Australian IT Careers Institute, have asked the government if they can transfer to a public university to complete their courses.

The New South Wales Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board, which registers public and