The NJP is assisting the families of two Aboriginal girls from Bourke who have waited over 30 years for closure after the murder of the girls 3 decades ago. The girls’ families understandably struggle to comprehend why the deaths of the two girls and the molestation of one of them have as yet gone unpunished. The National Justice Project is …
NJP Board Director Lizzie O’Shea named an AccessNow 2019 Human Rights Hero
The National Justice Project would like to congratulate one of our Board Directors Lizzie O’Shea on being named an AccessNow 2019 Human Rights Hero. Lizzie is being recognised for leading work to highlight, analyse and protest expansive surveillance laws in Australia. Aside from sitting on the Board of Directors of the National Justice Project, Lizzie is an Australian human rights …
George Newhouse speaks on Manus asylum seekers treated at local hospital despite million dollar health contract
The Australian Government pays millions of dollars to a medical care contractor to treat asylum seekers on Manus Island, only for that contractor to keep referring detainees to the ill-equipped local hospital. In this article, NJP Executive Director George Newhouse, spoke to SBS News about this crisis in the provision of adequate care on Manus Island, noting that the contracted …
National Justice Project initiates petition addressing AFP raids on ABC and Annika Smethurst
The National Justice Project this week started a petition calling for legislative change and immediate action to protect journalists and whistle-blowers following the AFP raids on ABC and Annika Smethurst. Last week the ABC headquarters and the home of journalist Annika Smethurst were raided by the AFP, after they, some time ago, published well-researched and vetted news stories blowing the …
Inquest Findings into the death of Mr Jackamarra released; WA government moving to make improvements to facilities
The inquest findings into the tragic death of Mr Jackamarra in Broome Regional Prison in 2015 were released last week, and in their wake the WA government has claimed it is moving to improve the conditions at the prison in which Mr Jackamarra passed away. National Justice Project Senior Solicitor Emma Hearne represented Mr Jackamarra’s family at the inquest in WA and spoke to ABC …
The NJP is acting for Kearah Ronan – a pregnant Yamatji woman who was jailed for being too sick to go to Court
The National Justice Project is acting for Kearah Ronan, a young Aboriginal woman who was locked up, at 6 months pregnant, for “failing to obey a witness summons”. She had informed the Court Registry that she was too sick to attend and had offered a medical certificate. The summons was for a domestic violence matter – in which she was …
Visibility for Justice: Bringing National Attention to Systemic Discrimination in Health Care
The National Justice Project works to tackle systemic injustice and racism in government institutions and part of our theory of change is bringing these issues to public attention via traditional and social media. The recent coronial inquest into the tragic death of Naomi Williams was one where the court heard hard evidence that there is a correlation between poor treatment …
Aboriginal Woman dies in custody 20 years after her father suffered same fate
The Aboriginal woman’s death comes twenty years after her father, Warren Cooper, died in custody after being found unresponsive in a police watch house in Albany. They were both 26 years old. Adj. Professor George Newhouse, Managing Director of the National Justice Project, is representing the family, and says they were “extremely distressed” by Ms Wynne’s death. Cherdeena’s mother, Shirley …
Inquest begins into Shocking Death of Asylum Seeker
The National Justice Project is representing the family of Omid Masoumali who died in Brisbane in 2016 following an emergency medivac from Nauru after he had set himself on fire.
ABF Targets Saudi Women Seeking Asylum
The ABC claims that Australia has been cancelling the visas of women on route to Australia, and summarily returning a number of women to transit countries.
These actions are a clear violation of the right to seek asylum, enshrined in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.