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Youth detention centres closed to the UN visit
Queensland and NT block UN visits to youth detention centres
The Queensland and Northern Territory governments have refused to let UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous rights Albert Barume tour youth detention centres in Townsville and Darwin. The UN said both governments declined to engage with his mandate, so visits to Cleveland and Holtze were scrapped. Queensland gave no reason. Prisoner advocate Debbie Kilroy condemned the decision.
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