‘This week, the mosaic shrine adorning the wall outside Stockwell underground station once again became the focal point for difficult questions surrounding the police response the terrorist attacks of 2005.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st April 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The UK was right not to charge any police officers over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician who they thought was a suicide bomber, in 2005.’
The Independent, 30th March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A ruling on whether British police officers should have been charged for the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at a London tube station in 2005 is to be delivered by the European court of human rights on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The jury at the inquests into how 96 people died in the lethal crush at Hillsborough in 1989 will be asked to consider whether the South Yorkshire police chief superintendent David Duckenfield, who was in charge of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, caused the deaths by gross negligence manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Nearly 300 British personnel who served in Iraq have been contacted by investigators looking into allegations of war crimes, with some of them facing interrogation on their doorsteps, officials have said.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The family of Mark Duggan has been granted permission to go to the Court of Appeal over a ruling that he was “lawfully killed” by a police marksman.’
The Independent, 27th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting sparked England riots, win right to appeal over finding he was lawfully killed.’
BBC News, 27th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former British Airways flight attendant is suing G4S for more than £100,000 after witnessing the death of Jimmy Mubenga, a deportee who suffocated while being restrained by security guards employed by the firm.’
The Guardian, 30th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The deaths of two children from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu will be debated in parliament next week.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former police marksman has been cleared of murdering a suspect he shot six times, a killing that the dead man’s mother said had effectively seen her son subjected to the death penalty.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prosecutors are examining allegations that police improperly monitored the sister of a former paratrooper who died on the floor of a police station.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A student who was detained under the Mental Health Act died as a result of neglect by police officers and ambulance staff who forcibly restrained him and left him handcuffed for hours on a hospital floor, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The family of a man found dead in a concrete mixer in Essex has been awarded £12,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 30th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of Mark Duggan have lost their attempt to overturn an inquest verdict that the police shooting of their loved one was a lawful killing.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Greater Manchester Police officer has been forced to step down over the fatal shooting of an unarmed colleague during a training exercise.’
BBC News, 17th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Wrexham soldier killed in Afghanistan was unlawfully killed in an “intense” attack by insurgents, an inquest found.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The coroner at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by police in 2011, has published a series of “concerns” about the case.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Allegations that British troops were responsible for a series of war crimes after the invasion of Iraq are to be examined by the international criminal court (ICC) at The Hague, the specialist tribunal has announced.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A public inquiry ruled his death unlawful, but his family is still in a ‘black hole’.’
The Independent, 29th April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The family of Mark Duggan whose shooting by the Metropolitan police sparked riots across the country in 2011 have won the right to challenge a coroner’s directions to the jury that concluded the officer’s actions were lawful.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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