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OUR ACTIVITIES

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  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.

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  Thematic work

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

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  Training & Workshops

  Police and Human Rights Training in Mexico City

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  Country work

  France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

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  Thematic paper series no. 5: Police and children

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Responding to the frequent misuse across the globe of kinetic impact projectiles, commonly known as rubber bullets, today Amnesty International…

INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS

• CSO Coalition on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Statement on the adoption of the 9th Review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

  Tag: Policing

  Today’s adoption of the UN’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy marks an unwanted milestone: it has now been five years – and…

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  Tunisia: Dozens of NGOs at risk of dissolution as crackdown on civil society intensifies

  Tag: Policing

  Tunisian authorities have intensified their crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through court-ordered suspensions and threats of dissolution, judicial and administrative harassment on the…

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  Philippines: Police chief ‘Bato’ dela Rosa must be arrested and surrendered to ICC

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  Following the confirmation of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for former Philippines National Police (PNP) Chief, Ronald “Bato”…

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  Georgia: Justice and accountability require more than criminal charges against five police officers for assaulting protesters

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  Responding to news that five law enforcement officers in Georgia have been arrested and charged over attacks in 2024 on…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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  Nigeria: Tiger Base police unit involved in rampant violations including extrajudicial executions, torture and extortion

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  Detainees routinely taken out of cell and shot dead Suspects tortured to make confessions Families of suspects that died suddenly…

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  USA: One year into President Trump’s return to office, authoritarian practices are eroding human rights

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  Marking one year since President Trump returned to office, Amnesty International today rang the alarm bells on increasing authoritarian practices in the United States…

• Nepal: “We went there to raise our voice, not to be killed”: Nepal’s deadly crackdown on protesters

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  This briefing exposes Nepal’s failure to uphold peaceful assembly during “Gen-Z” protests on 8 September 2025, where 19 were killed…

• USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida

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  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?

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab…

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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