UN monitor's cancelled visit 'an embarrassment', say advocates

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The UN's Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture has abandoned its tour of the country's detention centres altogether, blaming the New South Wales and Queensland governments' refusal to grant it unrestricted access.

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Published 21 February 2023 7:32pm

By Gareth Boreham

Source: SBS News

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The UN's Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture has abandoned its tour of the country's detention centres altogether, blaming the New South Wales and Queensland governments' refusal to grant it unrestricted access.

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UN monitor's cancelled visit 'an embarrassment', say advocates

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The UN's Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture has abandoned its tour of the country's detention centres altogether, blaming the New South Wales and Queensland governments' refusal to grant it unrestricted access.

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The UN's Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture has abandoned its tour of the country's detention centres altogether, blaming the New South Wales and Queensland governments' refusal to grant it unrestricted access.

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