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Fiji death in custody reignites debate over police brutality

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Exclusive: Figures obtained by the Guardian show Fiji police officers charged with 400 serious offences in five years, including murder, manslaughter, rape, and abductionWitnesses have rejected police claims a Fijian man who died in police custody jumped from a two-storey building to his death, instead alleging he was beaten by officers, reigniting debate across Fiji over the use of force by police officers and allegations of systematic brutality.The death in violent circumstances of Mesake Sinu, a 46-year-old indigenous Fijian man from Nadi, prompted Rusiate Tudravu, the acting commissioner of Fiji’s police force, to condemn indiscipline among his own officers and order an investigation into Sinu’s death. Continue reading...

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