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Duncan Murray

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Un torture prevention committee cancels australia visit - Caught on Camera

A UN committee on torture says it cancelled an Australian visit over "obstacles" to accessing sites. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A United Nations committee for the prevention of torture has cancelled a delayed visit to Australia, citing "obstacles" gaining access to places where people are being held against their will.

Last year a visit by the committee was cut short after it was refused entry to detention facilities in NSW and Queensland.

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