Death In Custody
A 43-year-old Aboriginal man has died in police custody in Kalgoorlie after being tasered and pepper sprayed. WA Police said they responded to reports of a man behaving erratically with a knife at the...
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...
The court appearance of a lawyer representing Northern Territory Police prosecutor Steven Haig has seemingly confirmed his involvement at some level in the events surrounding the death of Kumanjayi Wh...
The highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody ever recorded by one state in a single year has been described as a "profoundly distressing milestone" in a rare public statement from the State Coro...
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article includes the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died.
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this article contains images and the name of a deceased person, which his family has given the media permission to use.
Justice advocates have condemned Northern Territory Chief Minister and Police Minister Lia Finocchiaro for downplaying key findings from the inquest into the police shooting death of 19-year-old Kuman...
The family of Kumanjayi Walker say they are "exhausted" after the conclusion of the three-year inquest into his death, and "disappointed" that the coroner made no recommendations to hold the Northern...
The release of findings in the coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Warlpiri-Luritja man Kumanjayi Walker has been postponed by a month, following the death in custody last week of anothe...
A large crowd gathered in Sydney on Sunday to mourn a disabled Warlpiri man who died in police custody in Mparntwe/Alice Springs last week. The 24-year-old — known now as Kumanjayi White —...
The acting head of the Northern Territory Police has rejected calls for an independent investigation into the death of a 24-year-old disabled Warlpiri man who died in police custody earlier this week.
Calls have grown for a full and independent investigation of the death of a 24-year-old disabled Aboriginal man in police custody as the NT grapples with more claims of violence from police towards Fi...
The death in police custody of a disabled Aboriginal man continues to reverberate, with groups calling for an "immediate, independent, and transparent inquiry" into his death.