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,…
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Colombia: Shoot on Sight: Eye Trauma in the Context of the National Strike
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
Living Ghosts, documents how enforced disappearance – in which state agents deny holding an individual or refuse to provide information…
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Xenophobic machines: Discrimination through unregulated use of algorithms in the Dutch childcare benefits scandal
Social security enforcement agencies worldwide are increasingly automating their processes in the hope of detecting fraud. The Netherlands is at…
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Sri Lanka: From burning houses to burning bodies: Anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community have faced incidents of violence, discrimination and harassment for decades. Most recently, since 2013, there have…
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Chile: Criminal liability of commanders for omission in connection with crimes committed during the social unrest
Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyse the criminal liability for omission of the authorities and commanders…
