Black Deaths In Custody
On 7 October, 2021, Steven Lee Nixon-McKeller was killed at the hands of two Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers in Toowoomba. Stevie Lee was just twenty-seven years old.
The Northern Territory's Chief Minister has appeared to downplay aspects of the inquest into the police shooting death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, suggesting some of the Coroner's recommendations...
In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — which found the officer who shot him is racist and the Northern Territory Police Force exhibits "signif...
The family of Kumanjayi Walker says Northern Territory Police must be held accountable for the Warlpiri-Luritja man's death, more than five years after he was fatally shot by former NT police officer...
Warning: this article contains the name of an Aboriginal person who has died. An Indigenous man has died in custody at Parklea Prison in New South Wales, prompting a peaceful protest by fellow inmates...
Two weeks after the death of 24-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White in police custody, a familiar and painful pattern has re-emerged across Australia: grief, protest, and official silence.
A rally will take place in Magandjin's King George Square on Saturday 8 June, calling for justice following the death of Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being restrained b...
The National Network has condemned the Queensland Coroners Court's handling of the inquest into the deaths of Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo and Vlasta Wylucki.
Evidence at the inquest into JC's death continued on Wednesday, as family, friends, and supporters staged a protest march through Geraldton CBD, demanding justice for the 29-year-old Yamatji woman.
Warning: this story contains the name and image of a person who has died, and disturbing details. The death of a 32-year-old Indigenous man who died in his cell as staff watched due to flawed protocol...
In the aftermath of Mr George's tragic death in a Kowanyama police cell, recent conversations with a family member highlights the impact on those left behind.
A coronial inquest heard on Thursday that vulnerable people are still being held in cells with hanging points in a New South Wales prison unit where an Aboriginal man took his life.
The following article contains the name of people who have diedLegal groups have sounded the alarm over the latest figures showing annual Indigenous deaths in police custody have doubled since 2007, w...