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In the past year, NSW police officers have strip-searched 96 children and more than 20 percent of them were Indigenous.

NSW police are under scrutiny after data obtained by the Redfern Legal Centre shows a rise in strip-searches of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Amelia Tan reports for ABC News

Nearly 100 young people have been strip-searched in New South Wales, and First Nations people are overrepresented in the statistics. Hack Triple J reports for ABC News

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Police in New South Wales have continued to strip-search dozens of children, some as young as 11, despite widespread condemnation of the controversial practice. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian.

Indigenous children continue to be disproportionately targeted with strip-searches, making up about 21 per cent of all people aged between 10 and 17 years old strip-searched in the past financial year. Glen Bartholomew speaks to Police Accountability Solicitor, Samantha Lee, for ABC News Radio.

Indigenous children continue to be disproportionately targeted with strip-searches, making up about 21 per cent of all people aged between 10 and 17 years old strip-searched in the past financial year. Maani Truu reports for SBS News

Disturbing new data from NSW Police shows the deeply invasive – and potentially illegal – practice of strip-searching is still disproportionately targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, some of which are children as young as 11. Michael Di Iorio writes for Pedestrian TV.

Despite everything else this year has thrown at us, it seems the controversial strip-searching of children by New South Wales’ police continues unabated. As The Guardian’s Michael McGowan has noted, 96 have been searched in 2020, with some as young as eleven.