Shaldene Prins is supported by a policewoman at the funeral of her husband who was killed during gang violence.
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The biggest problem with using the military to fight rime is that soldiers are not trained for law enforcement, but warfare, using maximum force.
Many have been displaced by violence in the Central African Republic.
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The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
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The Verdins principles affect the way offenders with mental health problems are sentenced in a court of law.
Protesters hold signs reading ‘Constitution’.
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With it’s latest reforms, Poland’s leading Law and Justice party is hindering any progress towards a viable judiciary.
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The Law and Justice party are making a grab for the Polish capital, by making it massive, but ultimately residents may pay the price.
Protesters take to the streets on ‘Black Monday’ in Warsaw on October 3.
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A popular protest forced the government back down on its proposed ban, but Poland still has savagely restrictive abortion laws.
A harsh criminal justice system – in particular, more prisons and people behind bars – has apparently become a hallmark of good government.
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Australia has become less compassionate, more punitive and more ready to blame individuals for their alleged failings since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
EU and Polish flags together at anti-government demonstration in Warsaw.
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After years of being hailed as the shining example of post-Communist success, Poland is being depicted going ‘backward.’ What happened? And why is this significant for Europe?
Questions remain about the evidence against Steven Avery.
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The Netflix documentary about the case against Wisconsin man Steven Avery has everyone talking. What can you do if you smell a rat?
Cut from a different cloth: outgoing Ewa Kopacz (left) welcomes successor Beata Szydło into office.
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With hardliners taking charge of the government and presidency in Warsaw, the migrant rhetoric is looking worrying. But how much will change in practice?
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda taking supreme command over Polish armed forces on August 6.
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Andrzej Duda’s Law and Justice party is more anti-Russian and eurosceptic than its main rival.