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…
Publication
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: Inclusion of Baloch activists on terrorist watchlist an affront to human rights
Responding to the arbitrary inclusion of 32 individuals, including Baloch activists, as “proscribed persons” under section 11-EE of the Anti-Terrorism…
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Guatemala: Six months of injustice and criminalization against Indigenous representatives from Totonicapán
In light of the prolonged arbitrary detention of Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, Indigenous representatives of the 48 cantons of…
Policing
Bangladesh: Authorities to bring 15 serving army officers before a court to face charges including enforced disappearances and torture
Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Bangladeshi authorities to bring 15 serving army officers before a court to face…
Policing
Tanzania: Authorities instil climate of fear and step up repression ahead of general elections
Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a…
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…
Report
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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