RLC in the Media: Call for strip-search laws to be tightened in Australia

Date published

24 August 2019

A massive increase in strip-searches by police is causing unnecessary harm and humiliation to people, according to a new report.

Madhura Seneviratne and Suni Awasthi report SBS Sinhalese

Legal experts say laws should be tightened to better protect vulnerable members of the public from being exposed without proper justification.

Listen to the full segment here (SBS Sinhalese, 24 August 2019)

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