Release HREOC report immediately

[Edwards, Jon (Sen K. Nettle)]

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06.05.04

Release HREOC report immediately

Senator Kerry Nettle today called on the government to release the
leaked Human Rights and Equal Opportunity report into children in
immigration detention immediately and not hide the findings in budget
week. 

"The minister does not have to wait until parliament sits to release
this report, his only motive to do so would be to hide these damning
findings in the fuss of budget week," Senator Nettle said.

"The details of this report must be given the fullest exposure given
this government's previous attempts to silence or discredit critics.

 "Further evidence of human rights abuses only reinforces The Greens'
view that mandatory detention is a crime and must end.

"The government is violating the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

"The mandatory detention of asylum seekers is inhumane, expensive, and
unnecessary."

The Greens call for the processing of asylum seekers to occur in open
reception centres before asylum seekers are assisted into the community
whilst their claims are assessed.

Contact: Jon Edwards 0428 213 146



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