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South Africans go online to document police brutality

South Africans go online to document police brutality

KIM HARRISBERG STRICT enforcement of South Africa's coronavirus lockdown by police and the army has placed the spotlight on official brutality, a cause of anger among the majority Black population for decades. Now a coalition of human rights organisations called C19 is seeking to document those abuses, hoping the data gathered will drive reform. A new website that allows South Africans to report police brutality launched in April and has drawn input from across the country, mainly from townships in large cities. Users go through a series of questions on the free-to-use site, where they can submit a testimony together…
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