Collins refuses to apologise to Lake Alice survivor

Collins refuses to apologise to Lake Alice survivor

Lake Alice survivor Karilyn Wildbore and family. Photo: RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham By Jimmy Ellingham of RNZ A senior government minister has refused to apologise to a Lake Alice abuse survivor for telling the United Nations more than 10 years ago that there was no state torture in New Zealand.

Former Justice Minister Judith Collins refuses to apologise to Lake Alice survivor

Karilyn Wildbore wanted the former justice minister to admit she was wrong telling the United Nations there was no "state torture" in NZ.

Collins refuses to apologise to Lake Alice survivor over 2014 UN torture denial - Daily Telegraph NZ

Aerial view of Lake Alice facility (Public Domain). Attorney-General Judith Collins has refused to apologise to Lake Alice survivor Karilyn Wildbore for stating at the UN in 2014 that there was no state torture in New Zealand—a decade before the government formally acknowledged torture at the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit. Collins said her comments were based on a 2013 UN report that found no evidence of torture in New Zealand’s detention…