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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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  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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  UK: Police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with crime predicting tech – new report

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  A new 120 – page report from Amnesty International UK ‘Automated Racism – How police data and algorithms code…

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  The Netherlands: Recording dissent: Camera surveillance at peaceful protests in the Netherlands

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  In the Netherlands, the police monitor peaceful protesters with highly advanced cameras such as drones and video surveillance cars. This…

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  Peru: Who called the shots?

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  The body of evidence presented in this report reveals a series of actions and omissions from the highest levels of…

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  Europe: Under Protected and Over Restricted: The state of the right to protest in 21 European countries

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  Peaceful protest is a powerful and public way for people to make their voices heard. It has long been a…

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  Guinea: Wounded youth: Care and justice urgently needed for the victims of unlawful use of force in Guinea

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  This report looks at the situation of people seriously injured by the forces of law and order during protests in…

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  Sri Lanka: ‘Ready to suppress any protest’: Unlawful use of weapons during protests

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  Sri Lanka’s law enforcement officials engaged in the violent repression of protests must be held accountable for committing widespread human…

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  Iran: “They violently raped me”: Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s ‘Woman life freedom’ uprising

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  Intelligence and security forces committed horrific acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against protesters arbitrarily detained during…

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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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