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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Pakistan: Authorities must protect the right to peaceful protest and lift communications blackout amid Jammu & Kashmir protests
Responding to reports of the deaths of at least nine people, including six protesters and three police officers, and injuries to…
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El Salvador: Criminal System Used as a Weapon to Punish Human Rights Defenders
Amnesty International warns that the state of exceptionopens in a new tab extended by the government and reforms to the penal…
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Madagascar: Authorities must launch investigations into deadly force used against Gen Z protesters
Reacting to the reported deaths of at least 22 people and injuries to more than 100 others, including children, in…
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Yemen: Huthis must immediately release prominent human rights lawyer and cease relentless crackdown on civic space
The Huthi de facto authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra, who has been arbitrarily…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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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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Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds
Amnesty visits more than 50 scamming compounds in 18-month long research Testimony from survivors details human trafficking, slavery and forced…
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This database is an initiative of the Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.
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