Nationwide protests over NT youth detention treatment

Hundreds of people in Melbourne take part in a rally against rights abuses at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre.

Hundreds of people in Melbourne take part in a rally against rights abuses at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre.

The federal government is facing pressure from the opposition to include Indigenous Australians in the royal commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory. It comes as Australians rallied nationwide in protest against the treatment of children in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system.



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