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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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  Pakistan: Braving the Storm: Enforced disappearances and the right to protest in Pakistan

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  After exhausting all avenues, families of the disappeared and activists are forced to publicly campaign and peacefully protest against enforced…

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  Iran: They are shooting brazenly: Iran’s militarized response to May 2022 protests

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  This research briefing documents how Iranian security forces used unlawful force, including live ammunition, birdshot, teargas and watercannon, to crush…

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  Protect the Protest! Why we must save our right to protest

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  Amnesty International has long worked to protect and expand the power of protest in defending and promoting human rights. For…

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  Iran: In death’s waiting room: Deaths in custody following deliberate denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons

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  This briefing documents how Iranian officials are committing shocking violations of the right to life by deliberately denying ailing prisoners…

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  Sri Lanka: Still no answers: An update on the rights of victims of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka

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  Victims of human rights violations in the context of the war and its aftermath, bravely continuing their quest for answers,…

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  Colombia: Shoot on Sight: Eye Trauma in the Context of the National Strike

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  Colombia: Excessive force by riot police during National Strike left more than 100 people with eye trauma Violence and repression…

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  Living Ghosts: The devastating impact of enforced disappearances in Pakistan

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  Living Ghosts, documents how enforced disappearance – in which state agents deny holding an individual or refuse to provide information…

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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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