THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION CALLING FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE TORTURE AND ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN NORTHERN TERRITORY YOUTH DETENTION CENTERS FOLLOWING FOOTAGE AND REVELATIONS ON ABC TV'S FOUR CORNERS PROGRAM, ALLEGED NEWS.
Government Minister Ken Wyatt
Turnbull Government Minister Ken Wyatt, Assistant Minister for Health, has called for those responsible to be held accountable, Alleged News.
Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs called for an independent inquiry into NT juvenile detention in the wake of the 'disgraceful' revelations, Alleged News.
Tear-gassed, stripped
Footage showed boys being tear-gassed inside their cells, forcibly stripped naked, hooded and strapped to restraining chairs for hours, and isolated in hot cells for days without running water: Alleged News.
Guards were shown holding down the boys, stripping them, assaulting them, and laughing as tear gas was fired into their cells: Alleged News.
Legal Experts
A series of legal experts told Four Corners that the treatment amounted to torture, as defined by the United Nations, as well as breaches of the rights of children: Alleged News.
WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/529/219/577/?z00m=28190777&redirectID=2134966836Australian and NT Governments urged to stop torture and abuse of children in detention: Alleged News
https://croakey.org/australian-and-nt-governments-urged-to-stop-torture-and-abuse-of-children-in-detention/
Australia: Ten year old Children locked up, Children as young as thirteen placed in solitary confinement: Alleged News
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.ie/2016/08/australia-ten-year-old-children-locked.html
With thanks to Croakey.org and thepetitionsite.com
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