Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) in law enforcement
Responding to the frequent misuse across the globe of kinetic impact projectiles, commonly known as rubber bullets, today Amnesty International…
Report
Thailand: “We are reclaiming our future”: Children’s right to peaceful assembly in Thailand
“We Are Reclaiming Our Future” examines key human rights issues and obstacles impeding children’s full enjoyment of their right to…
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Colombia: The police does not care for me: Sexual violence and other gender-based violence in the 2021 National Strike
In this report, Amnesty International reveals repeated and generalized practices of violence against women, children and LGBTIQ+ people in the…
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Russia: “You Will Be Arrested Anyway”: Reprisals Against Monitors and Media Workers Reporting from Protests
Over the last 10 years, the human rights situation in Russia has been continuously deteriorating. The authorities have severely curtailed…
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Pakistan: Braving the Storm: Enforced disappearances and the right to protest in Pakistan
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
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
Amnesty International has long worked to protect and expand the power of protest in defending and promoting human rights. For…
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Striking weapons in law enforcement
Recent footage of police in India attacking protesters and detainees with batons highlights the urgent need for law enforcement agencies…
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Iran: In death’s waiting room: Deaths in custody following deliberate denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons
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
Victims of human rights violations in the context of the war and its aftermath, bravely continuing their quest for answers,…
