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Human Rights Commissioner calls detention of children 'cruel punishment.'

Prof Gillian Triggs
Prof Gillian Triggs Source: AAP

During a heated Senate Estimates hearing, the question was put to the Human Rights Commissioner Prof Gillian Triggs whether or not she had referred to the detention of children as torture. Prof Triggs replied she would rather refer to it as cruel punishment.


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During a heated Senate Estimates hearing, the question was put to the Human Rights Commissioner Prof Gillian Triggs whether or not she had referred to the detention of children as torture. Prof Triggs replied she would rather refer to it as cruel punishment.



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