OUR ACTIVITIES

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  Amnesty International releases 20 rules for ending widespread misuse of police batons

  Recent footage of police in India attacking protesters and detainees with batons highlights the urgent need for law enforcement agencies worldwide to tackle the rampant misuse of batons and other striking weapons, Amnesty International said today.

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  Thematic work

  Amnesty International releases 30 rules to curb the use of chemical irritants by police

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  Training & Workshops

  Third Police and Human Rights Training in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  Country work

  France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

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  Striking weapons in law enforcement

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  Recent footage of police in India attacking protesters and detainees with batons highlights the urgent need for law enforcement agencies…

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  Chemical irritants in law enforcement

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  Across the world, from the streets of Thailand to Philadelphia (USA), from Greece to Chile, the police continue to use…

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  PHRP Expert Meeting on Predictive Policing

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  On 20.-21. May 2019, the Police and Human Right Programme (PHRP) of Amnesty International Netherlands held an expert meeting on…

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  Projectile electric-shock weapons: An Amnesty International position paper

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  Projectile electric-shock weapons (PESWs) have the potential to cause serious injury or even death. Thus, whilst this weapon may have…

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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  Amnesty International launches global campaign to confront unprecedented worldwide threat to the right to protest

  Policing

  The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today,…

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  Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association on peaceful protest in crisis situations

  Policing

  This report, to be presented at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022, examines key…

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  Venezuela: Hard-hitting UN report backs claims of crimes against humanity and identifies possible perpetrators

  Policing

  The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, created by the UN Human Rights Council in September 2019, presented its conclusions…

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  Philippines: ICC launches probe into deadly “war on drugs”, seeks to end impunity

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  Responding to the International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial chamber’s announcement that it has opened an investigation into the killings during…

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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  Iran: They are shooting brazenly: Iran’s militarized response to May 2022 protests

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  This research briefing documents how Iranian security forces used unlawful force, including live ammunition, birdshot, teargas and watercannon, to crush…

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  Protect the Protest! Why we must save our right to protest

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  Amnesty International has long worked to protect and expand the power of protest in defending and promoting human rights. For…

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  Iran: In death’s waiting room: Deaths in custody following deliberate denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons

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  This briefing documents how Iranian officials are committing shocking violations of the right to life by deliberately denying ailing prisoners…

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  Sri Lanka: Still no answers: An update on the rights of victims of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka

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  Victims of human rights violations in the context of the war and its aftermath, bravely continuing their quest for answers,…

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  Colombia: Shoot on Sight: Eye Trauma in the Context of the National Strike

  Rapport Engels

  Colombia: Excessive force by riot police during National Strike left more than 100 people with eye trauma Violence and repression…

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  Living Ghosts: The devastating impact of enforced disappearances in Pakistan

  Rapport Engels

  Living Ghosts, documents how enforced disappearance – in which state agents deny holding an individual or refuse to provide information…

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  Xenophobic machines: Discrimination through unregulated use of algorithms in the Dutch childcare benefits scandal

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  Social security enforcement agencies worldwide are increasingly automating their processes in the hope of detecting fraud. The Netherlands is at…

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  Sri Lanka: From burning houses to burning bodies: Anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in Sri Lanka

  Rapport Engels

  Sri Lanka’s Muslim community have faced incidents of violence, discrimination and harassment for decades. Most recently, since 2013, there have…

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