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
Egypt: Authorities must end crackdown on individuals discussing religious beliefs online
The Egyptian authorities have intensified their crackdown on religious expression online in recent months, said Amnesty International today, calling on…
Policing
What happened at the protests in Iran?
Protests erupted in Iran on 28 December 2025. People across the country, outraged at decades of repression, were demanding fundamental…
Policing
Hong Kong: Trial of Tiananmen activists a cynical attempt to erase historical memory
The prosecution of Hong Kong activists for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a further escalation in the authorities’ weaponization…
Policing
Pakistan: Authorities must end judicial harassment of lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Chatta
Responding to the cancellation of bail of lawyers and human rights defenders Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and an order to immediately arrest them in a bogus case relating to “anti-state” tweets, Babu…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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USA: One year into President Trump’s return to office, authoritarian practices are eroding human rights
Marking one year since President Trump returned to office, Amnesty International today rang the alarm bells on increasing authoritarian practices in the United States…
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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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This database is an initiative of the Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.
