'Abu Ghraib'-style images of children in detention in Australia trigger public inquiry

Australia's prime minister has launched a public inquiry following the broadcast of footage of children in detention being abused, hooded and bound in a manner likened to Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay. Malcolm Turnbull announced a royal commission hours after the national broadcaster aired shocking footage showing children in detention at the Don Dale facility outside Darwin in the Northern Territory.

Footage aired on the ABC's Four Corners program on Monday showed one youth being stripped and physically held down by guards. In another scene that the program compared with images from Guantánamo Bay or the Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad, 17-year-old Dylan Voller was shown hooded and tied in a restraint chair for two hours.

source: Article < 'Abu Ghraib'-style images of children in detention in Australia trigger public inquiry > by Helen Davidson, Paul Karp & Elle Hunt; www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/26/abu-ghraib-images-children-detention-australia-public-inquiry; The Guardian; 26 July 2016