Tag Archives: Police brutality

Eight South African police charged with murder

March 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Eight police officers accused of handcuffing taxi driver Mido Macia to their patrol car and dragging him along the street until he died have been arrested on murder charges. Video footage captured on a mobile phone shows officers attaching the … read more »

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Nigeria: No justice for the dead

February 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Amnesty International Hundreds of fatal police shootings which each year leave families anguished and bereaved are not being investigated effectively because of a failure of the Nigerian justice system, Amnesty International says in a report released today. Nigeria: No … read more »

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South Africa: The reign of thugs

January 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

One way of measuring the quality of a democracy is to assess the behaviour of its police. The recent brutal attack on the Unemployed People’s Movement leader Ayanda Kota reveals the sad state of democracy in South Africa. There are … read more »

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DLF Statement on arrest & assault of Ayanda Kota

January 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

DEMOCRATIC LEFT FRONT       13 January 2012       PRESS STATEMENT: DROP CHARGES AGAINST AYANDA KOTA AND CALL FOR PUBLIC ACTIONS AGAINST STATE/POLICE REPRESSION OF ACTIVISTS       The Democratic Left Front (DLF) calls for the … read more »

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Ugandan police fire teargas at Besigye’s supporters

August 11, 2011 by benim

Ugandan police fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse thousands of supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye who had gathered in the town of Masaka in southwest Uganda where he renewed calls for protests against high food and fuel prices. The … read more »

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Women protest in Uganda

May 9, 2011 by benim

Kampala – Hundreds of women demonstrated in Uganda’s capital on Monday over high food prices and brutal tactics employed by police during recent political rallies. The estimated 200 women carried empty saucepans and cooking utensils while walking through Kampala. The … read more »

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South Africa: Sex workers want to be legalised

March 4, 2011 by benim

Sex workers from around the province marched to the premier’s office on Thursday and handed over a memorandum demanding the decriminalisation of sex work, because they say the current laws keep them oppressed and stigmatised. Thursday marked International Sex Worker … read more »

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