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…
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Striking weapons in law enforcement
Recent footage of police in India attacking protesters and detainees with batons highlights the urgent need for law enforcement agencies…
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Interim measure granted concerning Serbia to prevent the use of sonic weapons in public assemblies
The European Court of Human Rights has decided to issue an interim measure in the case Đorović and Others v. Serbia.
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Hungary: Global fight back begins as anti-Pride law comes into effect
As discriminatory legislation that could be used to ban Pride marches in Hungary comes into effect today, Amnesty International…
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DRAFT Study on human and peoples’ rights and artificial intelligence, robotics, and other new and emerging technologies in Africa
In line with its mandate to promote and protect the rights guaranteed under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’…
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Iran: UN expands Fact-Finding Mission’s mandate in landmark development to address human rights crisis
Responding to today’s adoption of a landmark resolution at the UN Human Rights Council, which extended and broadened the mandate…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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Argentina: Two years after brutal repression in Jujuy, Amnesty International report exposes impunity
Two years after the constitutional debate and waves of social protests that gripped the province of Jujuy, there have been…
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Georgia: Women protesters are targeted with escalating violence and gender-based reprisals
Police in Georgia are increasingly using gender-based violence including sexist insults, threats of sexual violence and unlawful and degrading strip…
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Mozambique: Protest under attack: Human rights violations during Mozambique’s post-2024 election crackdown
Mozambican security forces used reckless and unnecessary force in a widespread crackdown on protests following last October’s election, resulting in…
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Serbia: Technical Briefing: Journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware
Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of…
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Global: Electric shock equipment widely abused by law enforcement agencies due to alarming lack of regulation
States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment,…
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UK: Police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with crime predicting tech – new report
A new 120 – page report from Amnesty International UK ‘Automated Racism – How police data and algorithms code…
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The Netherlands: Recording dissent: Camera surveillance at peaceful protests in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the police monitor peaceful protesters with highly advanced cameras such as drones and video surveillance cars. This…
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Peru: Who called the shots?
The body of evidence presented in this report reveals a series of actions and omissions from the highest levels of…
Find more country reports in the PHRP resources database.
This database is an initiative of the Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.
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