National Stop Deaths In Custody Coalition

17/03/2026

This event has been postponed. Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne (ISJA Melbourne) advises that it hopes to host Sarah at some point in the future.

09/03/2026

This is Melbourne should not miss the opportunity to hear Sarah Addo, who collaborates with the Far North Queensland Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, speak.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1FPppheZfK/

26/01/2026

Marching in Naarm yesterday!

22/01/2026

Join with the Naarm Anti-fascist United Front (NAUF) at the Invasion Day Rally in Melbourne.

As well as taking a stand against fascists and the far right, NAUF will be amplifying the demands raised by the Invasion Day rally organisers, Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance.

January 26 is not a day to celebrate. On Invasion Day, we rally to stand with First Nations peoples across this continent and demand:
-Freedom for our peoples, lands and waters
-Treaty and truth for our old people and for future generations
-Justice for babies and kids so they can grow up safe, loved, and free
An end to deaths in custody, forced removals, and ongoing violence from systems built on invasion.

ISJA will be bringing its tribute placards which honour the memory of those who have died in custody. NAUF will march behind the ISJA Stop Indigenous Deaths in Custody banner. NAUF needs a crowd to help carry these materials and anti-fascist materials.

Join NAUF at 10:30 am on the corner of Little Bourke Street and Spring Street. Wear purple.

08/01/2026

This fight for the right to protest is crucial. Get behind Paul Silva and the mob from the Blak Caucus in Gadigal.

26/12/2025

To end the shocking loss of First Nations lives in custody, it is time to stop treating crime as a hot-button issue.

Alison Thorne, who is a part of the Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne core group, discusses the issues. She also speaks with Palm Island elder and activist, Lex Wotton.

https://socialism.com/fso-article/end-deaths-in-custody-burst-the-law-and-order-bubble-and-stop-politicising-crime/

25/11/2025

Next meeting of ISJA - Melb is 4 December.

Save the date! Our next monthly organising meeting will take place on Thursday 4 December. As well as campaigning to stop deaths in custody, we are also involved in defending our protest rights and standing strong against neo-Nazis peddling white supremacy and other bigotry.

21/09/2025

Important national networking between Far North Queensland Deaths in Custody Watch Committee and Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne (ISJA Melbourne)

23/08/2025

An important action for those in Melbourne!

On Sunday 31 August, a "March for Australia" nationwide rally is calling for an 'Australia' for the 'white man only." This is a serious attack on Indigenous, Black and Brown people, migrants, refugees and Palestinians.

This far right rally will be at the same time as the weekly Free Gaza protest, claiming to take back the streets from the Free Palestine movement.

ISJA Melbourne has a long history of disciplined anti-fascist organising. We urge people to mobilise in huge numbers at 11 am at the State Library for an anti-fascist mobilisation to defend the Palestine movement and strengthen the forces determined to resist fascism, racism, sexism and the bigoted politics of the far right.