Thousands of police brutality cases are reported every year but very few result in criminal convictions or disciplinary action ...

A disturbing video of man being dragged behind a vehicle by uniformed South African police officers—because of a parking violation—has outraged even a country known for horrifying acts of police ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A top police official who claimed that South Africa’s police and justice system has been infiltrated by criminal syndicates took the stand Wednesday at a government-backed probe ...

A data analysis by The New York Times shows that a form of torture popular during apartheid endures in the country despite laws designed to eliminate it. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg ...

Nov. 9 -- The video horrified a nation. For about an hour, handcuffed black prisoners in South Africa screamed and begged for mercy as four German Shepherds repeatedly mauled them in a field while ...

Major powers, including allies, criticised the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans ...