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| Subject: OZschwitz Human Rights Commission accused the government of preventing UN’s access to Nauru and Manus Island concentration camps Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:52 pm | |
| The head of the Australian Human Rights Commission has accused the Australian government of "pulling strings" to prevent United Nations’ access to offshore processing centres in Nauru and Manus Island.
Inspectors from a UN working group say they were denied access to Nauru after an initial invitation from the Nauruan government to investigate conditions in the detention centre.
The group’s leader Mads Andenas told a New Zealand radio station access had been cancelled, with the Nauruan government citing "practical reasons for it not being suitable, practical for us to come".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/exclusive-gillian-triggs-accuses-government-of-pulling-strings-to-deny-un-20140409-zqsr5.html#ixzz2yR7IIts9
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