MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The United Nation Human Rights High Commission has called on Australia to give compensation to children abused in prison, after footage emerged of mistreatment.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ordered an inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) earlier this week aired video showing prison guards teargassing teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded-boy to a chair.
“We are shocked by the video footage that has emerged from Don Dale youth detention center in the Northern Territory,” the UN Human Rights office of High Commission said in a statement on Friday.
