A former commissioner of the New South Wales Police watchdog believes a police officer captured on camera sweeping the legs out from a 16-year-old Indigenous boy may have acted unlawfully. NJP’s George Newhouse discusses the case with ABC News and his role representing the family of the teenager. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-03/pressure-builds-over-police-handling-of-indigenous-boys-arrest/12317868
Quoting a meme, Scott Morrison says US violence will not bring about change
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has referred to a meme to denounce violent protests in the United States prompted by the shocking death of an African-American man. In the SBS News coverage, NJP’s George Newhouse compares the case of David Dungay Junior, who died in custody while being pinned down by five police officers, with Mr Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Read more via …
These Two Podcasts about the work of the NJP are worth listening to
If you want to understand the tragedy unfolding on Nauru & the behind the scenes work of the lawyers and social workers getting sick kids off Nauru you might like to listen to these two podcasts. Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru – Part 1 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/australia-under-pressure-to-fix-nauru-v2/10429782 Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children …
Human Rights groups call for kids to be removed from Nauru
The Refugee Council of Australia, The National Justice Project and Amnesty International have spoken out about the treatment of kids on Nauru and demand that all asylum seekers be evacuated from Manus Island and Nauru
The National Justice Project team brief Thomas Albrecht from the UNHCR on #kidsoffNauru
The National Justice Project #kidsoffNauru team met with Thomas Albrecht the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) regional representative on 6 November 2018 to discuss health care on Nauru and Manus Island
George Newhouse discusses Kids off Nauru on ABC News 24
Lawyers for most of the children who have been evacuated from Nauru over the past 18 months have welcomed the statement by the government that they plan to relocate all remaining refugee children on Nauru to Australia by the end of the year. But even that may be too long for some of the children that we are working for. …
Copwatch on the BBC
https://youtu.be/PH5AqvVixdg BBC World News covers the NJP’s new Copwatch App.
WA Police Must Stamp Out Violence Against Aboriginal People
George Newhouse, Principal Solicitor of the National Justice Project, demands that the WA Police Commissioner speak out about a young Noongar man who was run down by WA police on the 8th of May, 2018. A change in WA police culture must start at the top.