Nauru rape victim's family kept in dark

The brother of an Iranian asylum seeker allegedly raped on Nauru in May, and last month transferred to Australia for medical treatment, says their family are being kept in the dark over her condition.

"We haven't had enough contact with my sister," he told ABC radio on Friday, adding that a lawyer had been barred from seeing her in hospital.

The woman's kidneys had been at risk of failure and she had been suicidal.