Police restraint on CCTV

Unproven science used to ‘explain’ custody deaths

‘Excited delirium’ or ‘sudden-in-custody-death-syndrome’ is a niche diagnosis not yet recognised by the World Health Organisation or any international authority. A number More »

Guantanamo

Obama signs order to close Guantanamo

Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, President Obama issued three executive orders Thursday to More »

No10 Downing Street

United families launch 100,000 No:10 custody deaths petition

The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) have launched an ambitious petition appeal that calls for an independent judicial inquiry into all More »

Police Secrecy

Racism allegations against police spiral

Over the past four years complaints of racism against the police have risen by almost a third, an investigation by the Mirror More »

Eddie Gilfoyle

Police held diary that could have been used in Eddie Gilfoyle trial

A diary which could have been used as evidence in the trial of a man jailed for murdering his eight and a More »

Ministry-of-Justice

Justice on trial…

The Guardians' 'Justice on Trial' is ongoing series that aims to highlight cases where there are major concerns of a miscarriage of More »

Stephen Lawrence

Stephen Lawrence murder: Dobson and Norris found guilty

Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death More »

death penalty drugs

Capital punishment on the decline in Texas

The American public's opinion on the death penalty has been changing steadily in the past 17 years. A 2011 Gallup Poll showed More »

Death Penalty Mourners

Study finds death penalty use in decline

Use of the death penalty has fallen to its lowest level since capital punishment was reinstated in the United States in 1976, More »

Rev Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson calls for public inquiry into British deaths in custody

Veteran US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined with campaigners in London today (Thursday) to throw his weight behind calls for a More »

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Bishop Tutu calls for Mumia release

Bishop Desmond Tutu; “Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice More »

Yarl's Wood Observer

Yarl’s Wood detains too many pregnant women, prisons inspector says

The detention of "too many" pregnant women at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre has been heavily criticised by the chief inspector of More »

High-Court

Finucane family launch legal bid against British government

The British government is to face a legal challenge over its failure to launch a public inquiry into security force collusion in More »

New Case Profiles

New Cases on 4WardEver: Dec 2011

Cases recently added to our website. Please note: Not all cases are recent. We are continuously adding to profiles featured on the More »

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