28 June 2014 Last updated at 08:10
Jamaica's murder rate tumbles but decrepit morgues stymie convictions
Caribbean island has improved forensic investigations but failed to build modern public morgue for victims of violent deaths
Sarajevo marks 100 years since killing of Archduke Ferdinand
Bosnia is commemorating 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the act that triggered World War One.
Cultural and sporting events, including a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, are marking the occasion in the city.
Gavrilo Princip, who shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, continues to be a divisive figure in Bosnia.
The shots fired by the Bosnian Serb on 28 June 1914 sucked Europe's great powers into four years of warfare.
Bosnia's Serbs, Croats and Muslim Bosniaks are still divided over the role Princip played in bringing tensions to a head in Europe in 1914, with counter-commemorations planned by Bosnian Serbs.Jamaica's murder rate tumbles but decrepit morgues stymie convictions
Caribbean island has improved forensic investigations but failed to build modern public morgue for victims of violent deaths
The suspected victims of violent deaths are wrapped in plastic bags or covered loosely in stained sheets. There is no air conditioning and the room quickly becomes sweltering as the tropical sun beats down on the metal roof. A fly buzzes around amid the overwhelming stench of decaying corpses.
A forensic pathologist and his sweating assistants can merely shrug at such challenging conditions in the hospital in gritty Spanish Town on the edge of Kingston, the Jamaican capital. "What can I say? The lack of resources is definitely a challenge," says Dr SN Prasad Kadiyala as he waits for the arrival of the police so he can begin the autopsies.
The island has had one of the highest homicide rates in the world for years, but its capacity to deal with the problem has not kept pace. While the Caribbean country has made some gains in the gathering and processing of evidence, one of its biggest challenges is simply finding a place to store and study the dead.
WWI centennial event without Serbs
Serbian leaders plan to stay away from Saturday's EU-funded commemorations in Sarajevo to mark the assassination that unleashed World War One. Instead, Serbs have unveiled a monument to the assassin.
Vienna's Philharmonic Orchestra performs in Bosnia's capital on Saturday as the world recalls the 1914 killing of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand that triggered World War One, resulting in 10 million battlefield deaths.
Leaders of Bosnian Serbs and Serbia were not expected to visit Sarajevo's newly-rebuilt city hall for the concert, seen as the highlight of 1914 commemorations funded by EU nations.
Austrian President Heinz Fischer was due to be alongside French and German dignitaries attending, but absent will be Serbian premier Aleksander Vucic and his Bosnian Serb counterpart Milorad Dodik.
Nigerian's rejection of religion deemed clinical insanity
A Nigerian man has been detained in a mental health institution by his family after saying he had lost his belief in God.
Mubarak Bala (29) is said to have been forcibly medicated for “insanity” for nearly two weeks, despite a doctor’s opinion that he has no psychological problems.
Campaigners are calling for his release and say the case highlights the fact that atheists are a persecuted minority in many African countries.
Bala’s Twitter account uses the handle “@ExMuslim”, and his profile says: “Chemical Process Engineer. I stand for Truth&Justice. Religion insults human conscience &reason, duped me that I hav another lifetime. AgnosticAtheist.”
Drab West Bank home could be first to fall as Israel revives demolition policy
The Israeli army gave notice it plans to destroy a building that houses an extended family in which one brother is accused of murder. The policy had fallen into disuse because it was not seen as an effective deterrent.
IDNA, WEST BANK — A drab two-story house in this town could become the first casualty of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to revive the controversial practice of demolishing the homes of Palestinian militants, a form of collective punishment.
The house was formerly occupied by Ziyad Awad, a Hamas operative whomIsrael has arrested over the Apr. 14 killing of an Israeli police officer. On Tuesday, the Israeli army gave notice to relatives of Mr. Awad that it planned to ''confiscate and destroy'' the building where the murder suspect lived with his wife and five children. The targeted structure also houses, in a separate apartment, Awad's brother, Mohammed, and his wife and their six children as well as the brothers' mother.
Hong Kong lawyers protest China 'meddling' |
An estiminated 1,700 lawyers join march calling on China to preserve the former colony's judicial independence.
Last updated: 28 Jun 2014 07:20
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Hundreds of Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black have marched in silence to protest a recent Beijing policy statement they said undermines the Asian financial hub's rule of law.
The demonstration late on Friday came ahead of the end of an unofficial referendum by activists calling for democratic reform in the former British colony. Voting in the poll ends on Sunday.
The protesters ended the march in front of the special Chinese administrative government's top court, where the lawyers stood in silence for three minutes.
An estiminated 1,700 lawyers showed up, according to Dennis Kwok, a lawmaker representing the legal sector who led the protest. Police said 850 people were at the rally.
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