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Disability advocates are outraged after reports that an Indigenous boy with an intellectual impairment was held naked for days inside a police watch house in Brisbane.

Indigenous boy kept naked in Queensland watch house for days

Besmillah Mohabbat

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The statistics are shocking and have been described as a national emergency. On any given night last year, there were about 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in detention - dramatically out of proportion with the actual Indigenous population in Australia. Human rights group Amnesty International says racism is keeping Indigenous children locked up. NITV News Political reporter Myles Morgan explains.