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Police brutality

SAPS disciplinary system fails to address police brutality, eroding public trust in law enforcement

South Africa, Op-eds

SAPS disciplinary system fails to address police brutality, eroding public trust in law enforcement

by: David Bruce

‘I saw my life flash before my eyes,’ says victim in Mashatile’s VIP Protection Unit assault case

South Africa, Maverick News

‘I saw my life flash before my eyes,’ says victim in Mashatile’s VIP Protection Unit assault case

by: Michelle Banda

Regan Naidoo death-in-custody case against Durban police officers heads to trial after years of delays

South Africa, Maverick News

Regan Naidoo death-in-custody case against Durban police officers heads to trial after years of delays

by: Benita Enoch

Kenya’s new UN Human Rights Council role is a chance to redeem itself by tackling poor rights record

Africa, Politics, Op-eds

Kenya’s new UN Human Rights Council role is a chance to redeem itself by tackling poor rights record

by: Valtino Omolo, Zenge Simakoloyi and Tem Fuh Mbuh

I’m protesting Georgia’s ‘Russian law’. The police beat me up mercilessly

World, Maverick News, Op-eds

I’m protesting Georgia’s ‘Russian law’. The police beat me up mercilessly

by: Luka Gviniashvili and Isobel Cockerell

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 massacre shows number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

Maverick Life

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 massacre shows number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

by: Nancy L Clark and William H Worger

The names of 34 police officers who paid the ultimate price trying to safeguard SA memorialised in Pretoria

South Africa, Maverick News

The names of 34 police officers who paid the ultimate price trying to safeguard SA memorialised in Pretoria

by: Michelle Banda

Presidential Protection Unit brutality reflects widespread SA police impunity and misuse of force

Politics, South Africa, Maverick News

Presidential Protection Unit brutality reflects widespread SA police impunity and misuse of force

by: David Bruce

Police attack mourners at funeral and memorial service of popular Mozambican rapper Azagaia

Africa, Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

Police attack mourners at funeral and memorial service of popular Mozambican rapper Azagaia

by: Adriano Nuvunga and Emídio Beula

My friend reported she’d been assaulted yet the justice system failed her

Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

My friend reported she’d been assaulted yet the justice system failed her

by: Bobbie Fitchen

Minister of Police ordered to pay R400,000 to conservationist after unlawful arrest, detention

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Minister of Police ordered to pay R400,000 to conservationist after unlawful arrest, detention

by: Tania Broughton

Memories of Marikana, through the eNCA lens

South Africa

Memories of Marikana, through the eNCA lens

by: J Brooks Spector