The theft of a blue plaque honouring a British-Nigerian man who drowned after he was chased by police is being treated as a hate crime. The memorial to David Oluwale disappeared just hours after it was unveiled.
Author: Gaynor Kuye
JUSTICE calls on Government to abandon plans to replace Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights
JUSTICE has today submitted our response to the Consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). Our response highlights Government proposals to replace the HRA with a Bill of Rights.
LAPD release video from fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Burlington dressing room
The Los Angeles Police Department on Monday released store and body camera footage that showed the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet while in a Burlington store dressing room.
‘Beyond heartbreaking’: 500 Indigenous custody deaths since 1991
500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody in Australia in the 30 years since a royal commission published a report aimed at preventing Indigenous deaths in the justice system.
Texas judge rules that Rodney Reed should not get a new trial
Doubts over Reed’s guilt in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites have lingered for more than 20 years and gained international attention. But a judge decided against recommending a new trial.
Syria: Returning refugees face grave abuse (Human Rights Watch)
Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias,
Iraq abuse inquiries have closed with no prosecutions
The investigations into allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq have now closed without any prosecutions being brought, the Defence Secretary has said in a written statement to the House of Commons.
The criminal case of Ahmed Timol’s death is now off the court roll
The criminal trial against apartheid-era security officer Joao Rodrigues, for the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, was struck off the roll in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday.
