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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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  APT addresses Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on in-person custody hearings as a key safeguard against torture

  Tag: Policing

  The APT participated in a public hearing before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) to address the constitutionality of recent changes…

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  USA: Amnesty International Calls for ICE to Be Abolished After Documenting Widespread Human Rights Violations in Anti-Immigrant Operations

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  In a new report released today, Amnesty International documented widespread human rights violations committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

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  Yemen: One year on, Huthis must release arbitrarily detained lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra

  Tag: Policing

  One year ago on 25 September 2025, the Huthi de facto authorities in Sana’a arbitrarily detained prominent lawyer and human…

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  UN: Repression continues in Venezuela in the face of ‘appalling’ human rights violations

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  “In the Fuerte Guaicaipuro military facility, prisoners have been confined in pit-like cells dug below ground level, exposed to cold,…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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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…

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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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