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Death in custody


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.

See Human rights in Algeria

See Human rights in Argentina

See separate article: Aboriginal deaths in custody

At least 32 people have died in "Operation Clean Heart" by the government of Bangladesh.See Human rights in Bangladesh

See Insein Prison, Human rights in Burma

See Human rights in Chad

Some estimate 20 million have died in the Chinese prison system. See Laogai, democide.

See Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

See Human rights in Cuba

See Human rights in Egypt

At least 460 people have died in police custody since 1990. About 20 people die in police custody a year, down from 28-30 per year in the nineties.

See Police encounter

See Cipinang Penitentiary Institution

See 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners and Deaths in custody in Iran


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