Australian Human Rights Commission president calls for end to police investigating deaths in police custody

Hugh de Kretser says independent oversight authorities should be established in all jurisdictions to counter mistrust and injustice'

Warning: This article contains names of Indigenous Australians who have died

The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission has urged police to stop investigating the deaths of people who have died in police custody after the death of an Aboriginal man who was restrained by police in an Alice Springs supermarket, saying the practice breeds mistrust" and a lack of accountability".

It comes as the Northern Territory coroner, Judge Elisabeth Armitage, released a statement affirming that the mandatory inquest into Kumanjayi White's death would be independent, fair and rigorous".

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