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The government’s continued refusal to implement the National Coroners Service Act, passed in 2017, is significantly hindering investigations and prosecutions of police officers implicated in extrajudicial killings
The latest effort to compel the government to operationalise the Act was a case filed in court by three petitioners two weeks ago, to pave the way for establishing an independent National Coroners Service, aims to investigate unnatural or unexplained deaths and ensure accountability. Yet, eight years later, the law remains dormant. This delay persists despite mounting cases of police brutality, enforced disappearances, and deaths under mysterious circumstances.
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