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Riot police hold the rubber bullet guns to disperse during a protest to anti-government in Bangkok on August 11, 2021, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Vachira Vachira/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

25 rules to protect protesters from misuse of rubber bullets

Amnesty International has devised 25 rules to try and stop human rights abuses being perpetrated through the improper use of rubber bullets...

USA: Police failing to protect protesters from violence, as volatile elections near

Law enforcement agencies across the USA are failing to facilitate people’s fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly, and to...

Haiti: Authorities must protect protesters’ right to life & deal with underlying causes of crisis

In response to reports of several deaths during recent days in the context of anti-corruption protests that began earlier this...

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Colombia: Protect defenders from armed groups

On November 30, 2024, and again on January 2, 2025, CREDHOS reported a grave threat. The armed group Ejército Gaitanista...

An armored military vehicle stands next to a burning tyre during a demonstration against the government in Maputo on December 6, 2024.Photo by AMILTON NEVES/AFP via Getty Images.

Mozambique: More than 30 killed in one week as protest death toll reaches 110 

Responding to reports from Mozambican civil society groups that the death toll during protests has reached at least 110, with...

Bangladeshi soldiers disembark armored vehicles as they patrol the streets to disperse the anti-quota protesters in Dhaka on July 20, 2024. Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images.

What is happening at the quota-reform protests in Bangladesh?

On July 15, 2024, students of Dhaka University were sitting with placards and flags in a peaceful protest calling for...

Protesters are taking part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week's violence amid anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 28, 2024. Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Bangladesh: End punitive mass arrests and arbitrary detention of student leaders and protesters

Responding to reports of the arrest and detention of student leaders, protest participants and members of opposition parties following the...

Police fire teargas during a coffin rally of anti-quota protesters at the University of Dhaka, a day after the clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. July 17, 2024. © Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bangladesh: Further video and photographic analysis confirm police unlawfully used lethal and less-lethal weapons against protesters

Bangladeshi authorities have continued to use unlawful force against student protesters, amid six days of shutdown and communication restrictions, during...

Bangladesh: Government must urgently halt mounting death toll of protestors

Responding to what has been the deadliest day for protests in Bangladesh with 32 deaths in a single day yesterday...

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