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Amnesty singles out Indigenous rights abuses in world report

Naronda William Loy ,21 with her daughter karlishia Raggatt,1, speak with Amnesty Internationals Salil Shetty,  at Mosquito Bore, Utopia. She lives with no running water, toilet,shower and electricity, 280 km out of Alice Springs. (IMAGE: CHLOE GERAGHTY)

NATIONAL: Australia has been scolded by an international human rights group for violating the rights of Aboriginal people and trying to send asylum seekers offshore for processing.

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Amnesty head visits Central Australia

A supplied image of 73-year-old Lenny Jones (centre) and 79-year-old Albert Bailey, chairperson of Urapuntja Health, both from Soapy Bore speak with speak with Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty at the Utopia Health Clinic,280 km out of Alice Springs on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Lenny pays $150 rent and doesn't have a toilet or shower in his house. (AAP Image/Amnesty International, Chloe Geraghty)

NATIONAL: Starving Aboriginal people off their traditional homelands is akin to “ethnic cleansing”, the Amnesty International boss has been told during his Central Australia visit.

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