Amnesty Police and Human Rights

The Police and Human Rights Programme is part of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment.

A Torture-Free Trade Treaty is needed now. Learn more in @amnesty's new report out today:

https://t.co/3qTXrMeTsR

[AmnestyCanada @AmnestyNow]

Amnesty released new guidelines today on the right to protest peacefully. Do you know your rights? Learn more 👉🏾 https://t.co/PKgWfAVQUm

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

The guidelines are also available in:
- Spanish: https://t.co/AVQ46D213o
- French: https://t.co/97EPMJKswP

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

What are your rights when you join a protest?
#ProtectTheProtest

Find out in @amnesty's new guidelines on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, available here: https://t.co/bmyarW9Ban

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Ever wondered what your rights are when you join a protest?

Dr Anja Bienert from @amnestynl has developed a set of Guidelines on The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly explaining it all.

Find out more in her interview with @amnesty:

https://t.co/Fo6RG2rArj

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

'The rules on what the police can and cannot do in the Netherlands are not clear enough. This can be abused and there is a risk of arbitrariness.'

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

The Netherlands: Recording dissent: Camera surveillance at peaceful protests in the Netherlands https://t.co/cpWdiPJDkM @amnestynl

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

'We want a ban on facial recognition technology when it comes to identification and clear rules for police cameras at protests.'

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

@AmnestyUK @amnestynl @amnestyfrance @amnistia @amnistiaperu @amnestyusa @AmnestyWARO @amnestyHK @AmnestyEARO @amnesty_de @amnesty @GretaThunberg @amnestyitalia @AmnestyScotland @AmnestyIreland @AmnestyNow @AmnistiaOnline OUT TOMORROW:

A new @amnestynl report on police camera surveillance in the Netherlands collates the experiences of protesters (including #ClimateJustice, #COVID & #Palestine protesters)

It is part of @amnesty's #ProtectTheProtest campaign

Journalists: DM me for embargoed copy

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

We are concerned by videos & reports of excessive use of force by police against protestors at a Palestine solidarity demonstration in Berlin on Saturday.

We demand independent investigations into the police officers involved.

#Protecttheprotest

[Erika Guevara Rosas @ErikaGuevaraR]

Our new @amnesty's report "Under-protected and over-restricted: The state of the right to protest in 21 countries in Europe" paints a disturbing picture of a #Europe-wide onslaught against the right to protest.

States often respond to people peacefully taking to the streets through with repressive laws and policies, frequent use of unnecessary and excessive force by law enforcement, a wide range of unwarranted and discriminatory restrictions and an increasing use of invasive surveillance.

Read more👉🏾 https://t.co/GTR0ZU0rXs

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

Bangladesh: Authorities in Bangladesh must end impunity for torture and other ill-treatment by police and security forces, hold perpetrators to account and ensure reparations are given to victims. Read more:
https://t.co/gXcDpK4iDC

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

Sign the petition now and demand a Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the violence before and during June 25th #OccupyParliment and #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests! https://t.co/6o7GTNPe8d #ProtectTheProtest

[Amnesty Police and Human Rights @Amnesty_PHRP]

A violent police operation during protests in Argentina on 12 June resulted in 33 people being arbitrarily detained and charged with several offences, including attacks on constitutional order and democratic life. #PROTECTTHEPROTEST
Take action: https://t.co/EDcjPhu5YT

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

#Kenya Sign the petition now and demand a Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the violence leading up to and during 25 June. https://t.co/80RQ1zU9z9

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

“This draconian bill is an attempt to use security & public order as pretexts to crack down on the right to peaceful assembly & strip people of their right to protest"

@amnesty - MPs in Slovakia must reject a bill that would restrict the right to protest
https://t.co/5M2qaX9lFs