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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

• Azerbaijan: From Newsroom to Cell. Persecution of Independent Journalists

  Tag: Report

  In Azerbaijan, critical journalists face persecution and severe reprisals for their work, including arbitrary arrests, fabricated charges, unfair trials and…

• Venezuela: Detentions without a trace: The crime of enforced disappearance in Venezuela

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  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

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  Women who search for their loved ones among the more than 128,000 disappeared and missing persons in Mexico additionally face…

• South Korea: Amnesty International Korea releases new report “Right of the People, Duty of the State: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in South Korea”

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  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

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  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”

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  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

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  Two years after the constitutional debate and waves of social protests that gripped the province of Jujuy, there have been…

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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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