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
Policing
Venezuela: Arbitrary detentions must end and all victims must be immediately released
Following the release of a small number of persons arbitrarily detained in Venezuela on 8 January 2026 out of a total of around one…
Policing
USA: People across the country rally in the aftermath of the shooting and killing of a woman in Minneapolis
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the shooting and killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal agent…
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The right to freedom of association: Preliminary observations to the UN Human Rights Committee to inform the development of General Comment no. 38
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide the following preliminary observations on the right to freedom of association, following the…
Policing
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…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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Nepal: “We went there to raise our voice, not to be killed”: Nepal’s deadly crackdown on protesters
This briefing exposes Nepal’s failure to uphold peaceful assembly during “Gen-Z” protests on 8 September 2025, where 19 were killed…
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USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human…
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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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This database is an initiative of the Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.
