Death in custody
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A death in custody is a death of a person 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]
By country [edit]
Algeria [edit]
Argentina [edit]
Australia [edit]
See separate article: Aboriginal deaths in custody
Bangladesh [edit]
At least 32 people have died in "Operation Clean Heart" by the government of Bangladesh.See Human rights in Bangladesh
Burma [edit]
See Insein Prison, Human rights in Burma
Chad [edit]
China [edit]
Some estimate 20 million have died in the Chinese prison system. See Laogai, democide.
Congo [edit]
See Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cuba [edit]
Egypt [edit]
Germany [edit]
India [edit]
See Police encounter
Indonesia [edit]
See Cipinang Penitentiary Institution
Iran [edit]
See 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners
Ireland [edit]
See Terence Wheelock
Jamaica [edit]
"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.
Japan [edit]
Laos [edit]
Libya [edit]
See Abu Salim prison
Malaysia [edit]
Mexico [edit]
Morocco [edit]
North Korea [edit]
See Human rights in North Korea
Pakistan [edit]
Saudi Arabia [edit]
See Human rights in Saudi Arabia
Somalia [edit]
South Africa [edit]
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].
Sudan [edit]
Syria [edit]
Turkey [edit]
UAE [edit]
See Human rights in the United Arab Emirates
UK [edit]
USA [edit]
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:
