Latest detention News

Victim numbers fall in first full year of Adult Crime, Adult Time
Surge in children held in NT police watch houses the direct result of failed tough on crime laws
Police operation targets crime and anti-social behaviour at Noarlunga Centre
You can have your say On Mental Health Law Reforms
Maasai Indigenous Peoples face forced evictions, law enforcement abuses, UN committee warns: Tanzania
Trio charged with affray and assault at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Four teenagers arrested over alleged pursuit in Moree – Operation Soteria
Prepare Now: Cargo Securing Inspection Campaign
Queensland Government introduces strongest bail laws in the nation
Police Charge Woman With Drug Offences At Wellington 25 August
Greens secure changes to close police cell ‘decanting’ loophole
Labor and Coalition to guillotine super-sized ASIO secret interrogation powers
UN expert urges Mozambique and partners to protect civilians while countering terrorism
UN Human Rights Chief deplores legal changes that could subject children to life imprisonment: Türkiye
New counter-terrorism powers and safeguards to be reviewed by the PJCIS
Man charged over alleged aggravated break and enters – Glen Innes
Learner driver charged after allegedly hitting officer, police vehicle with car – Goulburn
UN experts urge Iran to end escalating targeting of ethnic minorities
UN experts urge Thailand not to return human rights defender Bai Zhaodong to China
Respect for human rights key to resolving multiple crises in Cambodia: UN expert
Statement From Attorney-General 5 August
Central Queenslanders invited to provide feedback on Circuit Breaker Sentencing
Justice Policy Must Be Led By Evidence, Not Politics
crackdown on fundamental freedoms: Uganda
UN experts alarmed by alleged torture, enforced disappearances and persecution of Bahá’í minority: Iran
No shortcuts around torture ban as governments overhaul removal systems, UN expert warns
British businessman Ryan Cornelius must be released before detention becomes death sentence, UN experts warn: UAE
Stronger Youth Justice Laws to deliver clarity and protection for frontline workers
UN experts: M23’s reign of terror by torture in eastern DR Congo must end
UN experts urge release of Indigenous human rights defenders detained in Assam: India
UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking: Tunisia-Libya border
UN experts urge reversal of Tehran church compound seizure and return of its Christian residents: Iran
UN experts: UK must end IPP sentences as psychological harm continues
“War economy” sustains conflict, UN report warns: Sudan
UN Group of Experts decries mass revocation of lawyer credentials, warning of severe blow to human rights: Nicaragua
UN experts demand release of arbitrarily detained journalist Hassan Bouras: Algeria
There must be truth and accountability for prison violence: Sri Lanka
Director-General Appointed To Lead Youth Justice
Two charged after police car allegedly rammed during pursuit near Crookwell
Statement on death at Melbourne Immigration Detention Centre
Mass killings, abductions, and gang rape carried out in El Fasher constitute distinct markers of genocide, UN Fact-Finding Mission says as it…
Israel must release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says
UN experts condemn life sentence against Baloch woman human rights defender in Pakistan as grave injustice
UN experts: Israel must immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
Former political prisoners face continuing repression in exile through passport invalidation, say UN experts: Belarus
‘Slogan dressed up as policy’: New Queensland youth crime laws will make communities less safe, experts warn
Wheelie Good Outcome For Territory Kids
Man charged after alleged explosive thrown at police during operation – Muswellbrook