The original inquest found the circumstances of Biko’s death to be ‘inconclusive’, although evidence pointed to him being murdered. He died from massive brain haemorrhages after being beaten... Read more
The special prosecutor appointed to review the conduct of four RCMP officers involved in the 2007 Tasering death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver International Airport has officially co... Read more
The family of Mark Duggan have lost a new legal challenge against the conclusion his death was lawful. In 2014, an inquest jury found the 29 year old was lawfully killed by armed police, Read more
A Franklin County Grand Jury ruled a Deputy's use of deadly force when he shot a 16-year-old at the Franklin County Courthouse was "reasonable under the law" and did not indict him. Read more
Thirty years after the Hawke Labor government’s 1987–91 “Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody,” the state brutality and killing of indigenous people in Australia continues unab... Read more
Three female prisoners have died in the space of 10 days across England, in what campaigners have branded an “incredibly worrying” sign that deaths in the women’s jails are rising again. Read more
Aboriginal leaders have called for an immediate review of the “absolutely unacceptable” numbers of Indigenous deaths in custody and are demanding Australia develop an independent system for... Read more
The family of a man who died in police custody a decade ago will have to wait until at least 2019 to see officers face a disciplinary hearing. Sean Rigg, 40, died 10 years ago on 21 August a... Read more
