Police Brutality

My hardest story: Reporting on being queer in Tunisia

Article Carl Collison - 28 Jan 2020

Reporting on queer issues is always tough. But Tunisia was something else

Kenyan rights groups demand clarity over activist’s death

Africa Sella Oneko & Deutsche Welle 1 - 14 Feb 2019

Rights groups are demanding an investigation into the death of activist Caroline Mwatha. Police claim she died during a failed abortion

‘Yellow vests’ storm French ministry as protests turn violent

Article Agency - 6 Jan 2019

The yellow vest movement began in rural France over plans to increase fuel taxes

Tunisians clash with police after journalist sets himself ablaze

Africa Agency - 25 Dec 2018

Abdel Razaq Zorgi set himself on fire over harsh living conditions

Elsa and Nosipho: they both sell sex for a living but in opposite worlds

Article Mia Malan - 6 Dec 2018

Does sex work legislation have an impact on gender-based violence and HIV infection rates? We traveled to Amsterdam and Durban to find out.

Groups allege systematic French police brutality against refugees

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Dec 2018

In a year, police committed 972 human rights violations, says a group of NGOs, as Al Jazeera documents similar abuse

This is what it’s like being a sex worker: ‘Police dragged me out in public naked’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Oct 2018

Go inside one of the country's most dangerous jobs.

Six years on, still no justice or closure for Marikana victims

Article Azad Essa - 16 Aug 2018

As thousands of mining jobs are cut, families of striking workers slain in 2012 still await compensation and justice

The Zwelihle protests and Bheki Cele’s missing gun

Article Raeesa Pather - 24 Jul 2018

While residents in Zwelihle are angry about police brutality, police minister Bheki Cele has one demand of his own: “Give me back my gun”

Colin Kaeparnick files grievance claiming owners collusion

Article Agence France Presse - 16 Oct 2017

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began the kneeling protest during US anthems has filed a collusion grievance against the NFL.

Timol inquest highlights striking similarities to present day South Africa

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Oct 2017

The experiences of activists who were tortured during apartheid and those tortured after 1994 are chillingly similar.

British policy towards Zimbabwe during Matabeleland massacre: licence to kill

Africa Staff Reporter - 18 Sep 2017

The effects of President Mugabe's post-independence security clampdown known as the Matabeleland massacre, continue to be felt.

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