Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as U.N. investigates

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Australia is seeking two seats on the 47-member UN Human Rights Council, potentially putting it at odds with the global body which has repeatedly criticized Australia`s treatment of its indigenous population.
"The special rapporteur`s visit comes at a time we`re hearing harrowing allegations from young people brutalised by the youth justice systems," Tammy Solonec, Indigenous Rights Manager of Amnesty International Australia, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tauli-Corpuz will investigate issues surrounding indigenous detention conditions, land rights, violence against women and the rate of children removed from their homes, a U.
N.
statement said.
SYDNEY Australia came under fresh criticism over its treatment of its indigenous population on Tuesday as a UN investigator examined the impact of a government takeover of remote communities and as Canberra pushes its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners accounted for over a quarter of the total prison population.