Stop Black Deaths in Custody rallies: thousands march in Australian capital cities
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#5GDD1)
At least 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since royal commission report handed down 30 years ago
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Thousands have attended rallies across Australia to protest against ongoing Indigenous deaths in custody and mark 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down its final report.
First Nations people spoke with visceral anger in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Alice Springs at the fact that, three decades on, the royal commission's recommendations remain unrealised and underfunded.
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