Attorney general Michelle Rowland helps legal fight for children wrongly deemed adult people smugglers by Australian police
Errors led to boys aged as young as 13 going to adult maximum-security jails in WA, before being quietly released and sent back to IndonesiaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal attorney general has used her mercy powers to pave the way for two Indonesian children...
<p>Errors led to boys aged as young as 13 going to adult maximum-security jails in WA, before being quietly released and sent back to Indonesia</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The federal attorney general has used her mercy powers to pave the way for two Indonesian children to overturn a shocking miscarriage of justice that caused their wrongful imprisonment as adult people smugglers.</p><p>The boys, both aged 15, were among hundreds of Indonesian children who were found on asylum seeker boats between 2010 and 2012 and wrongly deemed adult people smugglers by Australian police.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/05/indonesian-children-wrongly-deemed-adult-people-smugglers-australia">Continue reading...</a>
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