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RLC in the media

RLC in the Media: These are your rights when it comes to police strip searches

SBS The Feed spoke with Redfern Legal Centre's Samanatha Lee to get the info you need SBS The Feed

22 August 2019

RLC in the media

RLC in the Media: NSW police public strip searches increase 1879 per cent over past decade

The number of police strip searches in NSW has spiked dramatically in the past decade, according to researchers who warn they have become standard procedure rather than a last resort. Matt Dunn reports for 9 News

22 August 2019

RLC in the media

RLC in the Media: NSW Police strip searches have increased twentyfold in 12 years

Redfern Legal Centre launches a detailed research report examining police strip-search powers in New South Wales. Geordie Gray report for The Industry Observer

22 August 2019

RLC in the media

RLC in the Media: 'Extraordinary rise' in strip-searches by NSW police fuelled by use of sniffer dogs

Research published by UNSW Law says that “vague and legalistic” strip search laws are contributing to a rise in unlawful use of police strip search powers, intended as a last resort. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian

22 August 2019

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RLC in the Media: 'Police strip searches' on Triple j Hack

Police strip-searches and the launch of a new report discussed on the Friday shakeup. Triple j Hack

23 August 2019

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RLC in the Media: The strip search was once a last resort, it is now routine

Despite the police struggling to understand the law (and the effect it can have), strip-searches have increased almost twenty-times over the last decade. Paul Gregoire reports for The Big Smoke

23 August 2019

RLC in the media

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

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

24 August 2019

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RLC in the Media: Strip searches on The Today Show

On Sunday 24 August, Dr Vicki Sentas appreared on the Today Show discussing the rise in potentially unlawful police strip searches and findings of the UNSW report commissioned by RLC, 'Rethinking Stip Searches by NSW Police.'

24 August 2019

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'I had done absolutely nothing wrong': Lucy Moore speaks out about being strip searched

On 22 August, Redfern Legal Centre released the report ‘Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police’ prepared by Dr Michael Grewcock and Dr Vicki Sentas from the Faculty of Law at UNSW Sydney.

26 August 2019

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RLC in the Media: 'Rethinking Strip Searches' on 2ser

2ser speaks to Dr Vicki Sentas, senior lecturer in law at UNSW and one of the co-authors of the Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police report about what can be done to make sure that police are not going beyond their powers.

26 August 2019

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