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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

  Tag: Publication

  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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  Greece: Protests Are Not Battlefields: Patterns of Unlawful Use of Force by Police and Impunity in Greece

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  Greece has a long history of protest, from anti-austerity, trade unions and student demonstrations, to protests against unlawful use of…

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

  Tag: Report

  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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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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