ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Family takes fight against Indigenous deaths in custody to United Nations | 7.30” – below is their description.
Thirty years ago, a royal commission delivered a plan to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody but since March alone, nine Indigenous people have died in police or prison custody – the most recent, just last week.
As their loved ones demand answers, one family is taking its fight to the United Nations. Ella Archibald-Binge and Kirsten Robb report and a warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers, this story contains the names and images of people who have died.
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In This Story: Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous peoples of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped with them as Indigenous Australians. Today there are many more Torres Strait Islander people living in mainland Australia (nearly 28,000) than on the Islands (about 4,500).
There are five distinct peoples within broader designation of Torres Strait Islander people, based partly on geographical and cultural divisions. There are two main Indigenous language groups, Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Meriam Mir, and Torres Strait Creole is also widely spoken, as a language of trade and commerce. The core of Island culture is Papuo-Austronesian, and the people traditionally a seafaring nation. There is a strong artistic culture, particularly in sculpture, printmaking and mask-making.
