SA: Advocates liken Baxter to Camp X-Ray
Refugee advocates converging on the Baxter detention centre have likened the facilityto Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay.
Advocates from around Australia have begun arriving at the centre on the outskirtsof Port Augusta in South Australia's north for a mass protest against the treatment ofasylum seekers.
About 300 police, who expect around 3,000 protesters, have today established roadblocksabout two kilometres from the centre in readiness for the demonstrators' arrival.
Some advocates have called for independent investigation into management at Baxter,which they describe as a brutal regime.
Refugee Action Collective protest organiser FLEUR TAYLOR says centre managers AustralasianCorrectional Management, authorised by the Department of Immigration (DIMIA) have increasedpunishment of Baxter detainees.
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KEYWORD: BAXTER ADVOCATES (ADELAIDE)
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