Uganda: Denounce unlawful killings and ensure accountability in aftermath of deadly clashes
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The Ugandan security forces must not jettison human rights in their handling of the clashes in Kasese, which resulted…
Angola: Police must protect protesters, not punish them
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Ahead of planned peaceful demonstrations in Benguela and Luanda on 26 November 2016 against the appointment of Isabel dos…
Het voelt alsof de helft van mij niet vrij is
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Fotojournalist Shawkan zit gevangen voor het fotograferen van een demonstratie in Egypte. Shawkan ontvangt de Internationale Prijs voor de Persvrijheid.
Rotterdam schond demonstratievrijheid
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datum:
15 november 2016
Vreedzame demonstratie tegen Zwarte Piet: zowel algehele demonstratieverbod in Rotterdam Centrum als optreden door de politie was volgens Amnesty disproportioneel.
Investigate reports Iraqi forces tortured and killed villagers near Mosul in ‘cold blood’
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The Iraqi authorities must urgently investigate reports that fighters wearing Iraqi Federal Police uniforms tortured and extrajudicially executed residents…
Ethiopia: After a year of protests, time to address grave human rights concerns
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Nearly one year on from the start of a wave of protests that has left at least 800 people…
Myanmar: Authorities must investigate security forces as reports of Rakhine abuses mount
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Amnesty International is calling for an prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into the conduct of Myanmar’s security forces in the…
Toezeggingen korpschef politie onacceptabel
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datum:
7 oktober 2016
Artikel NRC: Korpschef van de nationale politie heeft agenten die betrokken zijn bij de dood van Mitch Henriquez verzekerd dat zij niet worden ontslagen.
Philippines: Duterte’s 100 days of carnage
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100 days after Rodrigo Duterte became president of the Philippines, a wave of unlawful killings has already claimed more than…
Zimbabwe: Court ruling upholding police ban on protests must be rescinded
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In response to the ruling by the High Court in Zimbabwe yesterday upholding a 30-day police ban on protests in…
Ethiopia: Renewed protests underline need to investigate after dozens killed in stampede
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Fresh protests in Ethiopia since dozens of protesters were killed in a stampede at a religious festival on 2 October…
Responding to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest outburst, where he likened himself to Hitler and vowed to “slaughter” three million…
Greece: Syrian refugee children detained for carrying toy guns allegedly ill-treated by police
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The alleged ill-treatment of five Syrian refugee children who say they were detained, beaten and forced to strip naked by…
Dodelijk geweld tegen Palestijnen door Israëlische strijdkrachten
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datum:
28 september 2016
Een jaar nadat het geweld in Israël en Bezette Palestijnse gebieden opnieuw oplaaide, zetten Israëlische troepen nog steeds onwettig en dodelijk geweld in.
Israel/OPT: Pattern of unlawful killings reveals shocking disregard for human life
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Nearly a year on from a bloody spike in violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Israeli forces…
Brazil declares trial on Carandiru massacre null in shocking blow for justice
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A Brazilian court’s decision to declare the trial and sentences against 74 police officers for a prison massacre in 1992…
Na drie jaar nog geen gerechtigheid voor Sudanese slachtoffers politiegeweld
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datum:
22 september 2016
De VN-Mensenrechtenraad zou Sudan moeten aansporen tot veroordeling van politiegeweld tijdens vreedzame protesten tegen overheidsbezuinigingen in 2015.
Nigeria: Special police squad ‘get rich’ torturing detainees and demanding bribes in exchange for freedom
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A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as…
India: Global standards on police use of force violated in Kashmir
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Security forces are using arbitrary and excessive force in response to protests in Jammu and Kashmir, violating international standards and…
Viet Nam: President Hollande must back one woman’s fight for justice
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President Francois Hollande of France must confront Vietnamese authorities over their treatment of one women’s fight for justice when he…
Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings
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The Kenyan government must set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and bring to justice all those suspected…
