OZschwitz statists flouted child rights for boat crew

AUSTRALIAN authorities who incarcerated Indonesian children and wrongly accused them of being adult people smugglers were influenced by an ''adverse public discourse'' around people smugglers, according to the nation's human rights chief.

An inquiry has indicted the Federal Police, federal Attorney-General's Department and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions office for flouting child rights - and undermining the right to a fair trial.

In 15 cases where Indonesian youth were convicted by courts here of people smuggling charges, it was eventually established there was ''doubt'' they were adults when apprehended. They were eventually released, ''having spent an average of 948 days in detention''.

Another 48 youth who were initially charged with adult criminal offences ''spent an average of 431 days in detention'' - including long stints in adult prisons. Ultimately, the attempted prosecutions were abandoned.
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Overall, 180 Indonesian boat crew who arrived in Australian territory between 2008 and 2011 had claimed they were minors.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/authorities-flouted-child-rights-for-boat-crew-20120727-22zlu.html#ixzz21sihAlcx

OZschwitz statists flouted child rights for boat crew

OZschwitz statists flouted child rights for boat crew

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