In 2001, Eritrean security forces detained Dawit Isaak, and 10 other journalists, without charge or trial. He was released for medical treatment in 2005 but arrested again two days later. Nothing has been heard of him since.
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Adolph Grimes: New Orleans NOPD goes to trial for civil rights violations
A civil jury trial date has officially been set on August 2, 2021,for the January 1, 2009, New Orleans NOPD shooting 82 40 caliber low trajectory angle shots into Adolph Grimes III body.
Dalian Atkinson : PC Benjamin Monk jailed for ex-footballer’s death
A police officer who killed Dalian Atkinson by tasering him to the ground and kicking him has been jailed for 8 years. PC Benjamin Monk, 43, discharged his taser three times and kicked him twice in the head.
In Focus : Police corruption and the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan
The brutal murder of a private investigator in 1987 has become the UK’s most investigated killing – but 34 years later it remains unsolved and mired in new official findings of police corruption.
George Floyd murder: Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years
The United States white ex-police officer convicted of murdering African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail.
New protest restrictions breach human rights, say MPs and peers
A legislative scrutiny report on the public order section of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, published today, says proposed restrictions on protests are “inconsistent with human rights.”
Police officer guilty of manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson
A police officer has been convicted of the manslaughter of the former professional footballer Dalian Atkinson, after firing an electric stun gun into him for 33 seconds and kicking him twice in the head as he lay on the ground.
$4.5 Million settlement in police killing of Alton Sterling, lawyers say
The family of Alton Sterling, shot and killed by a white police officer outside a convenience store has reached a $4.5 million settlement with the city, nearly five years after his death, the family’s lawyers said.
