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OUR ACTIVITIES

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  Two in person training sessions in Nairobi 2026

  In June 2026, PHRP delivered two training sessions on policing and human rights at Amnesty’s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.

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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

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  Kenya: Authorities must address economic grievances driving protests, end repressive tactics

  Tag: Policing

  Kenyan authorities have increasingly used authoritarian tactics, including arbitrary arrests and detention, abductions, malicious prosecution of protesters, surveillance, and media…

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  India: End the crackdown on peaceful protests and release arbitrarily detained protesters

  Tag: Policing

  The brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in New Delhi over the last weekend is alarming with mass detention, unlawful use…

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  Portugal: Police violence against peaceful housing protesters must be investigated

  Tag: Policing

  Initial reports suggest that the police deployed excessive force to disperse a peaceful protest camp in Porto, Portugal, in the…

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  Global: New report exposes human rights failures at 2026 Men’s World Cup

  Tag: Policing

  The 2026 Men’s World Cup exposed a failure of FIFA’s leadership to implement its own human rights policies, with the…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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  Human Rights Under Siege: Authoritarian Practices and Economic Pressure Amid Youth-let Protests in Kenya

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  This report focuses on the human rights violations that occurred during the economically induced protests in Kenya between 2023 and…

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  “We start with the verdict”: Inside Morocco’s surveillance machine

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  This report documents the surveillance ecosystem that enables the Moroccan authorities to use repressive tactics to harass, discredit and ultimately…

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  USA: “We had whistles, they had guns”: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE

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  Amnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers…

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  Iran: Architects of crimes against humanity to suppress protests must face international justice to deter further massacres

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  New report finds Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their bloody suppression of the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising …

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  Argentina: Unchecked deployment of AI-driven surveillance reinforces a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control

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  The expanded use of surveillance technologies in Argentina during the first two years of the Javier Milei’s administration has served to expand states surveillance capabilities, profiling and reprisals in the country, creating a chilling effect on rights…

• Authoritarian practices eating away at human rights in Zambia: Escalating crackdown on human rights ahead of the 2026 general elections

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  As Zambia approaches the 2026 general elections, Amnesty International documents an alarming regression into authoritarian practices that undermine human rights…

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  El Salvador: The human cost of the state of exception could amount to crimes against humanity

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  What began as a temporary measure allegedly to combat gang violence has evolved into a permanent system that promotes 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.

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