A 2003 file photo of the front gate of the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE
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.
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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