Death in custody
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Death in custody is when a person dies when in the custody of the police, prison service or other authorities. Death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect, racism and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths.[1] [2]
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[edit] Examples of deaths in custody
[edit] Australia
See separate article: Aboriginal deaths in custody
[edit] South Africa
South Africa has an unusually high level of deaths in custody. For example in April to June 1997, there were 56 deaths in custody [3].
[edit] USA
Almost 100 prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since August 2002, according to U.S. group Human Rights First. They include:
[edit] U.S. occupied Afghanistan
[edit] U.S. occupied Iraq
[edit] India
[edit] UK
also see Controversial Deaths in UK Police Custody
- Nuur Saeed 2005 at Plumstead Police Station
- Ricky Bishop 2001 at Brixton Police Station
- Roger Sylvester
- Derek Bennett
- Mikey Powell
- Wayne Douglas
- Brain Douglas
- Paul Coker
- Harry Stanley
- Frank Ogboru (died 2006-09-26 during arrest in London) [1]
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Refugee deaths in detention centres
- Bereket Yohannes 2006 at Harmondsworth Detention Centre
- Manuel Bravo
- Ramazan Kumluca
- Kenny Peter
- Tran Quang Tung
- Sergey Barnuyck 2004 at Harmondsworth Detention Centre
- Mikhail Bognarchuk
- Robertas Grabys
- Abiy Fessfha Abebe
See also:
[edit] Germany
[edit] Jamaica
"At least 650 people have been killed by police officers in Jamaica since 1999. Many of these have been blatantly unlawful killings, yet not one officer has been convicted since then." Piers Bannister, Amnesty International’s Jamaica researcher.
[edit] Bangladesh
At least 32 people have died in "Operation Clean Heart" by the government of Bangladesh.
