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Geneva-Manchester, 2 June 2022 Police behaviour in Brazil has reached new lows, with officers killing a man by asphyxia, and causing the death of 26…

A Closer Look at Less Lethal Weapons. Join the Pulitzer Center and grantee Wil Sands for a conversation on less lethal weapons, from production and regulation to the use in U.S. law enforcement. This webinar is on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 1:00pm EST. Nonprofit grant writer LaToya Ratlieff and Neil Corney, research associate at the Omega Research Foundation, will join the conversation. In his Pulitzer Center-supported project, Less Lethal Weapons Brought into Focus, Sands reported on the effec...

The Taliban’s violent crackdown on a women’s rights demonstration in Kabul last weekend marks an alarming and unlawful escalation of efforts to suppress peaceful protest and free speech in Afghanistan.

Investigation says violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters violated their human rights

Sometimes you may not be able or willing to use a firearm. Then, less-lethal weapons for self-defense are for you.

The Ministry of Defence is responsible for making public appointments to a range of public bodies and public corporations.

One of the most disturbing issues in Thai society today is the number of children (under 18 years of age) who have been arrested and prosecuted for participating in political demonstrations. The most obvious incidents are the protests at Din Daeng intersection during the past few months. Do children have the right to participate, especially from the angle of freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly, and what are the parameters?

ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the security forces’ crackdown on the assembly of the Islamic Movement (IMN) in Nigeria that led to the death of eight people and the arrest of at least 57 others on 28 September in Abuja.  

KENYA: Harmonise legal framework on free expression with ICCPR recommendations ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa welcomes the concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) after Kenya’s fourth periodic review on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The 131 st Session of the Human Rights Committee reviewed Kenya alongside Finland. The session was held completely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of Kenya...

Ben Winks is an independent advocate specialising in constitutional and international law, and a visiting researcher at the University of Johannesburg.   Ten years ago, South Africans watched in horror as major news outlets broadcast blow-by-blow footage of the brutal killing of Andries Tatane.  The 33-year-old maths and science teacher from Ficksburg in the Free State had been leading a peaceful community protest against water shortages and other government failures.  We watched him being ...