26-year-old Aboriginal man David Dungay jnr died on December 29, 2015 after pleading for his life in the mental health wing of Sydney’s Long Bay jail. He suffered a cardiac arrest when he was pinned down. Read more
4WardEver Campaign UK : for justice and rights
Established June 2006. Our purpose is to provide a one-stop-resource for case profiles, news and event details, useful resources, statistics, appeals, and more in relation to deaths and abuses whilst in custody; including the death penalty, other injustices and human rights abuses in the UK and internationally.
Capital Punishment
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The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option? Read more
- Capital punishment should be a thing of the past
- CNN documentary explores Rodney Reed’s death penalty case
- ‘I went to death row for 28 years through no fault of my own’
- Anti-death penalty activist speaks about her brother’s death row execution
- Ruth Ellis: the [tragic] murder case we can’t forget
- Ruth Ellis to be remembered in Hampstead museum’s makeover
Human Rights
Darkness at the heart of the British state
Revelations that the British state is complicit in torture destroy the lie that Britain is more “civ... Read more
What's On Events
Book Now: Interrogating State Violence conference (London)
Book your FREE place at the Interrogating State Violence conference to mark the 20th anniversary of... Read more
