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
Policing
Türkiye: Free arbitrarily detained activists now: Hivda Selen, Sinem Çelebi and Doğan Nur
Activists Hivda Selen, Sinem Çelebi and Doğan Nur were arbitrarily detained on the day of the Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride march…
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Joint NGO letter ahead of EU-China Summit
Ahead of the upcoming EU-China Summit in China on July 24–25, 17 organizations wrote to President Costa and President von…
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African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights published a Joint Press Statement on the Signing of the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls by Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Liberia, and The Gambia
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), commends the Member States of the African Union (AU) for…
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Hong Kong: Prison rule changes mark ‘dangerous erosion’ of prisoners’ rights
Today, the Hong Kong government introduced immediate changes to the Prison Rules, granting the Correctional Services Department broad powers to…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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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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Türkiye: Unlawful use of force by police against protesters in March “may amount to torture”
Turkish authorities must carry out prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations into alleged human rights violations committed by law enforcement…
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Argentina: Two years after brutal repression in Jujuy, Amnesty International report exposes impunity
Two years after the constitutional debate and waves of social protests that gripped the province of Jujuy, there have been…
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Georgia: Women protesters are targeted with escalating violence and gender-based reprisals
Police in Georgia are increasingly using gender-based violence including sexist insults, threats of sexual violence and unlawful and degrading strip…
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USA: Dehumanized by design: Human rights violations in El Paso
This briefing presents Amnesty International’s findings and observations from an April 2025 visit to an immigration detention center in Texas.
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Ahmadreza Djalali werd 23 juni overgebracht van een gevangenis in Teheran naar een onbekende locatie. Dit kan betekenen dat er plannen zijn om hem te executeren.
