UN inspectors blocked from visiting Australian jail

SYDNEY, 22 October 2022, (TON): United Nations inspectors have been blocked from accessing an Australian detention facility during a first anti-torture mission to the country, authorities said, adding that the visitors lacked prior approval.
UN inspectors touring facilities under a voluntary agreement to prevent cruelty to detainees were refused access to holding cells in a town outside the capital Canberra.
A New South Wales state government spokesman said “they were refused access to the cells as they did not have prior approval."
A government human rights watchdog condemned the lack of accountability on the part of local authorities.

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