Browsing issue: Police brutality

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More than 50 000 people are arrested and forced to undergo drug testing by the police in the Republic of Georgia every year....

Georgia

Drugs & human rights, Police brutality

Witnessed: 160 times

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Mexico: Police attack Indigenous farmers, killing six

On October 3, 2008, federal and state police in Chiapas, Mexico, carried out a violent operation that left six people dead, 17 injured, and 36 more detained, almost all of whom were inhabitants of the...

Indigenous peoples, Police brutality

Witnessed: 210 times

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Police attack Algonquin families at peaceful blockade

On Monday, October 6, Police officers in Quebec, Canada, used tear gas and "pain compliance" techniques on Algonquin families from Barriere Lake First Nation, who had erected a peaceful blockade to ...

Canada

Freedom of opinion & expression, Indigenous peoples, Police brutality

Witnessed: 343 times

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Sex Worker Rights in Cambodia: Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile

In Cambodia, the 100% Condom Use Policy - created to "protect" sex workers and curb HIV/AIDS - is reportedly being used by local police as an instrument to harass, persecute, and criminalize sex worke...

Asia, Cambodia

HIV-AIDS, Police brutality, Sexual rights

Witnessed: 852 times

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Israel criticised over 'rubber bullet' deaths

Israel's military says it uses "non-lethal" rubber-coated bullets in order to defend troops from stone-throwing protesters.

Israel, Palestine

Police brutality, War crimes

Witnessed: 307 times

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Protesters arrested at US Republican convention

Away from the storms around the US Gulf coast, demonstrators have taken to the streets of St Paul, outside the Republican's national convention.

United States

Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression, Police brutality

Witnessed: 275 times

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UK: Families Protest Against Deaths in Police Custody

Literally, every day, the police are getting away with murder....

Great Britain

Death penalty, Detention, Police brutality

Witnessed: 315 times

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UK: Stop Deaths in Police Custody

The little known scandal of deaths in UK police, prison and psychiatric custody are exposed by affected families.

Great Britain

Detention, Juvenile justice, Police brutality

Witnessed: 462 times

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Kashmir: Srinigar protests turn violent

Muslim protesters for independence from India have been growing louder since a land dispute erupted in June.

India, Pakistan

Police brutality

Witnessed: 317 times

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