Monday, 17 June 2019

'Gross violation': Indigenous boy held naked inside Brisbane police cell for days

Disability advocates condemn ‘abhorrent’ treatment of intellectually impaired boy with suicidal ideation

Disability advocates are outraged at reports an intellectually impaired Indigenous boy was held naked inside a police watch house in Brisbane for days.

“We’re absolutely outraged that a child with a disability, a child with suicidal ideation, has been left naked in a cell for three days,” People With Disability Australia’s Frances Quan Farrant told the ABC on Tuesday.

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from World news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/18/gross-violation-indigenous-boy-held-naked-inside-brisbane-police-cell-for-days

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