Forensic Architecture speaks to Computer Weekly about how it uses various digital technologies to investigate human rights abuses around the globe, including the the killing of Mark Duggan by police.
The State
Thousands march to kill the police bill and other Tory attacks
Some 5,000 protesters took to the streets of central London. The Tories’ brutal Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill is currently in the House of Lords. If it passes through, it only requires royal assent to become law.
40 years unjustly incarcerated: Mumia petitions for new trial
Attorneys for imprisoned journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a petition for a Post-Conviction Relief Appeal, based on evidence found in six case file boxes they were able to review in January 2019.
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.
The Criminal Justice System is failing people with mental ill health
Welcome to the UK’s first national pledge calling on senior leaders in NHS mental health trusts, public bodies and commissioning to declare their commitment to reduce inequalities in mental health care systems.
Government announce crucial change in legal aid for inquests
Today (10 Sept 2021) the UK Parliament’s Justice Select Committee has published the government’s response to their inquiry report on the Coroner Service. INQUEST submitted evidence from over 50 bereaved families.
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.
