International Children’s day – New Amnesty thematic paper sets out how police must respect children’s rights
Our new publication Police and Children explains how law enforcement must protect children’s rights, prioritise their best interests, and ensure child-appropriate policing at every step.
Police in their daily work mainly deal with adult people, which means that their policies, instructions, and manner in which they approach people, through…
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Amnesty’s Guidelines on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Peaceful assemblies have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding…
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Less lethal weapons
These six sheets give a brief overview of less lethal weapons including their potential effects and risks. They summarize when…
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Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) in law enforcement
Responding to the frequent misuse across the globe of kinetic impact projectiles, commonly known as rubber bullets, today Amnesty International…
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Tanzania: Security forces used unlawful lethal force in election protest crackdown and ‘took away’ dead bodies
Tanzanian security forces used unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal force, to suppress election protests between 29 October and 3…
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Hong Kong: Prisons rife with violence and inhumane treatment, inmate testimony reveals
Former Hong Kong prison inmates have told of inhumane and degrading conditions in new research published today by Amnesty International,…
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Venezuela: Crisis warrants decisive action from states and international justice mechanisms to ensure accountability
We remain deeply concerned by the persisting crisis in Venezuela. The government’s policy of repression continues, including through arbitrary detentions,…
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Venezuela: Bolivarian National Guard responsible for systematic violations and crimes against humanity, UN Fact-Finding Mission says
GENEVA – Officials of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) have committed serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity for more…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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Colombia: Insist, Persist, Resist and never Give Up?
This report analyses the impact of the intervention of the Military Criminal Justice system on the persistent impunity for human…
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China: Courts used as tools of systematic repression against human rights defenders
Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said…
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Ecuador: It was the military. I saw them: Enforced disappearances in Ecuador at the hands of the armed forces
In this research briefing, Amnesty International analyses five cases of enforced disappearance that occurred in Ecuador in 2024, in the…
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Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies
Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab…
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Azerbaijan: From Newsroom to Cell. Persecution of Independent Journalists
In Azerbaijan, critical journalists face persecution and severe reprisals for their work, including arbitrary arrests, fabricated charges, unfair trials and…
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Venezuela: Detentions without a trace: The crime of enforced disappearance in Venezuela
The Venezuelan authorities have committed, and continue to commit, enforced disappearances as part of their policy of repression of dissidents…
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Mexico: The search for disappeared persons is a high-risk activity for collectives of women searchers
Women who search for their loved ones among the more than 128,000 disappeared and missing persons in Mexico additionally face…
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South Korea: Amnesty International Korea releases new report “Right of the People, Duty of the State: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in South Korea”
Despite Amnesty International’s continued calls for the revision of the Assembly and Demonstration Act (ADA), the law still fails to…
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