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Law enforcement officials must be held accountable for disproportionate and unnecessary use of force against protestors

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The deaths of at least 23 African men at the Melilla-Morocco border on June 24, 2022 requires an independent, impartial investigation capable of determining what occurred and who bears responsibility for such loss of life, Human Rights Watch said today.

This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s central concerns with respect to the Chinese government’s human rights practices, submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the “Committee”) in advance of its review of China (Hong Kong) at its 135th session in June/July 2022.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INDIA PRESS RELEASE Indian authorities must immediately put an end to the excessive use of force in response to large scale protests in the country that has resulted in the death of at least two people, including a child, and in many others suffering injuries since last Friday, Amnesty International India said today. […]

Against the backdrop of the widespread protests being witnessed across the country, the rights body's statement highlights numerous excesses by the police and calls for an end to the ongoing violations of international human rights law.

(Bangkok) – Thai police unnecessarily used water cannons and teargas against peaceful democracy demonstrators outside the parliament in Bangkok on November 17, 2020 in violation of international human rights standards.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has caused serious harm to judicial independence in the country by granting himself the absolute authority to dismiss judges summarily by decree and quickly firing 57 of...

The conviction and life imprisonment sentences handed down to two lawyers on 10 May 2022 who are also brothers have been widely interpreted as an attack on the freedoms of the legal profession in Qata

Incidents of Guatemala’s judges and prosecutors being forced to resign, dismissed, harassed, intimidated, arrested and judicially persecuted are being recorded with increased frequency. Notably, all those affected in the reports have been involved in investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating large-scale high-level corruption and gross human rights violations.