Blak Deaths In Custody
An emotional Lidia Thorpe says she, and thousands of other First Nations people, are "sick of being angry and devastated" at the lack of accountability over Indigenous deaths in custody.
No charges will be laid over the death in police custody of Kumanjayi White. Mr White, a disabled 24-year-old Warlpiri man, died on May 27 last year after being restrained by two plain-clothed NT Poli...
More than 10 months after the death in custody of disabled Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White, Northern Territory Police have confirmed an "independent" review into the use of force has been completed, howe...
The following article contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. Just days before he died in police custody, Jeffrey Winmar made a call to his father with a simple plea: "Dad...
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of a person who has died. The Aboriginal mother of five who died last month in a Northern Ter...
National action is needed after the latest deaths in custody figures, experts say, arguing federal inaction is no longer tenable. The comments come after the national deaths in custody report from the...
Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in 45 years of reliable data, amid growing calls from Indigenous leaders and organisations for the federal government to hold...
Leaders in Western Australia are urging the state government to act on Coroner Philip Urquhart's call to immediately close the notorious Unit 18, following the release of his findings into the death o...
Six months have passed since the death of Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with a disability who died after being restrained by two plain-clothed NT Police officers inside a Coles supermark...
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a person who has died. The New South Wales police officer charged over the fatal colli...
Six months after the death in police custody of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White, his family say they still have no answers from authorities. Mr White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disability who was u...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died which is used with the permission of their family.
Northern Territory Government departments spent more than $7 million during the coronial inquest into the police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.