24-10-2022, 03:43 PM
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SYDNEY - The premier of Australia’s biggest state justified on Monday blocking a UN torture prevention panel from visiting prisons.
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said the state maintains high standards at its jails and Australia is a sovereign country.
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Sunday Australia is in “clear breach” of its obligations under a UN protocol on torture after New South Wales blocked it from visiting detention centres there.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/austra...om-prisons
SYDNEY - The premier of Australia’s biggest state justified on Monday blocking a UN torture prevention panel from visiting prisons.
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said the state maintains high standards at its jails and Australia is a sovereign country.
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Sunday Australia is in “clear breach” of its obligations under a UN protocol on torture after New South Wales blocked it from visiting detention centres there.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/austra...om-prisons