Kate McDonald9 July 2020 Last week, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, narrowly avoided potential arrest and prison time for contempt of court by eventually making a decision on a protection visa, as the court had directed him to. The Federal Court ordered that Dutton make a decision on whether to grant a man from Iran a protection visa. Dutton …
Cornelia Rau: The True Story Behind Netflix’s Stateless – Where is She Now?
The National Justice Project’s George Newhouse discusses the real story behind the Netflix series Stateless in HITV. He told reporter Christopher Weston that he felt Rau “was the “trojan horse which exposed the cruelty and inhumanity of the immigration detention system”. Read the full article here.
NJP features in a guide to supporting First Nations people in Australia
The Brag magazine has featured the National Justice Project in its list of educational documents, donation links and organisations dedicated to seeking justice and supporting First Nations people. Read the article here.
Family await answers after teen’s arrest
The father of an Indigenous teenager who had his legs kicked out from beneath him while being arrested in Sydney is waiting for the police officer to be punished. Footage of the 16-year-old boy’s scuffle with police was shared via social media last month after he was arrested at Ward Park in Surry Hills. The teenager had allegedly told a …
Eddie Murray died in custody almost 40 years ago. The National Justice Project is working with his family to seek justice.
Kyah Patten is carrying on a fight her grandparents took up decades ago, seeking justice for the untimely death of their son Eddie Murray who died in custody almost 40 years ago. The National Justice Project is working with her to seek justice. Read the full SBS coverage here. Photo: Kylah Patten/SBS News.
I Can’t Breathe
CN: Police brutality, racism.Shaye WindsorVolunteer Journalist2 July 2020 The outrage surrounding the deaths of unarmed Black people, like that of Minneapolis man George Floyd, has triggered worldwideaction. Huge numbers of people have been inspired to march across cities across the globe calling for justice for First Nations peoples and against police brutality. In Australia, the huge rallies have a keen …
‘These aren’t random events’: calls grow for greater police accountability over Indigenous arrests
The Guardian’s Lorena Allam discusses growing calls by legal experts to address the use of excessive force. “Calls for police reform are growing, particularly for the independent investigation of police conduct, following three incidents in a month where police were filmed using allegedly excessive force to detain and arrest young Indigenous men. All three cases – two in Sydney and …
Judge Says Peter Dutton Could Go To Jail If He Defies Orders in Immigration Case
Australia’s home affairs minister has failed to comply with an order to make a decision on whether to grant an Iranian man a protection visa. Read more details in Ben Butler’s report in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/17/judge-says-peter-dutton-could-go-to-jail-if-he-defies-orders-in-immigration-case?fbclid=IwAR30G6KUH_nS7gkISuDI-BxitQkMBgBm7UsS3AOgIOFnxA6hz0DH9sxeXvM
How George Floyd is Sparking New Awareness of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Time Magazine’s Amy Gunia reports on the impact of George Floyd on awareness of Aboriginal deaths in custody. Read the full report here https://time.com/5853380/george-floyd-australia-aboriginal-deaths/
Mother Dawn Smith’s undying fight for justice over daughter Cindy’s death in Bourke road accident
Bourke indigenous elder Dawn Smith refuses to give up hope of winning justice for “my little girl” — her daughter Cindy — 32 years after the 15-year-old was sexually molested as she lay dead or dying in a horrific road accident. The 78-year-old’s hopes have suffered a cruel setback: she has learned the NSW Office of the Director of Public …