Florida Murder Suspect Escaped A Packed Courtroom, Leaving Behind Shackles...
Imagine if a dangerous murder suspect fled a packed courtroom, changed his clothes, and left behind the prison jumpsuit and shackles, and now, is nowhere to be found. That is exactly what happened in...
View ArticleL.A. County jail inmates were handcuffed to a wall for hours on 'potty watch'
One jail inmate, clad only in boxer shorts and socks, was handcuffed to a wall for up to 11 hours. Another was cuffed to the wall for as many as eight or nine hours, causing bleeding and severe pain to...
View ArticleSlipshod security in Broward Courthouse
The story of how a murder suspect escaped from the Broward County Courthouse and left local law-enforcement officers looking like the Keystone Kops is one of those incredible, only-in-South-Florida...
View Article“Why Are You Keeping Me Here?”
Summary Greek authorities registered over 3,300 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children arriving in Greece in the first seven months of 2016. Many of these children had fled violence and...
View ArticlePANEL THAT REINSTATED DEPUTY SUED
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticlePANEL THAT REINSTATED DEPUTY SUED SHERIFF SUES OVER DEPUTY REINSTATEMENT
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticleSheriff sues county panel to fire jail deputy
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticleSheriff sues panel that reinstated deputy
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticleHarassed, Imprisoned, Exiled
Summary The government of Azerbaijan continues to wage a vicious crackdown on critics and dissenting voices. The space for independent activism, critical journalism, and opposition political activity...
View ArticleDouble Punishment
Summary “I was depressed and no longer went out of my cell. I just took medication and I slept. […] I didn’t even go out for walks. For six months […] I didn’t see the light of day. […] I never went...
View Article“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticleMother lets son drive golf cart at resort, gets jailed for child abuse
On the second day of her dream vacation on exclusive Bald Head Island, Julie Mall went with her family to the beach to catch the sunset. Her 11-year-old son asked to drive the golf cart back to their...
View Article“Special Measures”
Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central...
View ArticleGrounds for Concern
Summary On November 13, 2015 coordinated attacks in Paris at sites including a concert hall and sports stadium killed 130 people and injured hundreds. The extremist armed group Islamic State, also...
View ArticleThe trials of Babar Ahmad: from jihad in Bosnia to a US prison via Met brutality
In his first interview since he tasted freedom after 12 years behind bars, Ahmad tells how he became the longest-serving UK prisoner to be detained without charge...
View ArticleDeaths and Disappearances
Summary No one here reports to police because they fear for their lives. . . . There are people who have been missing for more than nine months. Some are taken for a few weeks or days for questioning...
View ArticleBad lieutenant: American police brutality, exported from Chicago to Guantánamo
Exclusive: At the notorious wartime prison, Richard Zuley oversaw a shocking military interrogation that has become a permanent stain on his country. Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals he...
View ArticleInside Gitmo: America's Shame
The 9/11 trial will, if it happens at all, take place on a patch of dust in the Caribbean, within a high-security facility you can enter only with a notebook and pen (and just one pen), and observe...
View ArticleArmenia: Arbitrary Detentions, Brutal Beatings
(Yerevan) – Armenian authorities have arbitrarily detained dozens of people linked to the ongoing, largely peaceful, protests and beaten many of them, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities...
View ArticleArmenia: Arbitrary Detentions, Brutal Beatings (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Yerevan) - Armenian authorities have arbitrarily detained dozens of people linked to the ongoing, largely peaceful, protests and beaten many of them, Human Rights...
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