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Police violence and public outrage in Sri Lanka
12 Apr 2025 22:14 GMT
… stickers on public walls. Human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, … sparked widespread condemnation from human rights organisations and the international … societal relationship,” he said.
Police violence, social media and systemic reforms …
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UK Sanctions Four Georgian Officials Over Human Rights Abuses
11 Apr 2025 03:36 GMT
… officials in response to serious human rights violations linked to violent … Giorgi Gabitashvili under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulation 2020.
The sanctions … that the ministry oversaw disproportionate police violence during the protests that erupted …
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UK Sanctions Georgia’s Prosecutor General, Three Security Officials for Human Rights Abuses
10 Apr 2025 17:32 GMT
… Georgian officials responsible for serious human rights violations. The Foreign and … Giorgi Gabitashvili under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulation 2020. The … law enforcement officials accountable for police violence, and in this instance has …
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Amnesty condemns police violence in Butere Girls play saga
10 Apr 2025 16:01 GMT
Irungu Houghton, Amnesty International Kenya’s Director. | FILE
Amnesty International Kenya has condemned
police officer’s conduct in dispersing students and members of the public during
a staging of the ‘Echoes of War’ play by Butere Girls High School …
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Georgia: two French journalists turned away at the border as authoritarianism hardens
10 Apr 2025 16:47 GMT
A freelance photographer for the Italian agency NurPhoto, Jérôme Chobeaux covered the post-election protests in Georgia for over two months before briefly returning to France. When he tried to re-enter Tbilisi on 30 March, he was stopped at the airport, …
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Democratic freedoms at risk as Germany’s new government prioritises support for Israel
12 Apr 2025 15:11 GMT
… the ground: Protest bans and police violence
Since October 2023, pro-Palestinian … own image, compromising on basic human rights.
READ: Netanyahu slams Canada PM …
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37 countries appeal to OSCE regarding Georgia
12 Apr 2025 06:39 GMT
… of civil society organizations and human rights defenders by removing the safeguards … persistent lack of accountability for police violence. We have seen no evidence … international obligations and ensures that human rights and fundamental freedoms are fully …
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UK imposes new sanctions on Georgia, which Georgian Dream compares to the 1989 Soviet massacre
11 Apr 2025 20:38 GMT
… their role in allowing serious human rights violations in response to legitimate … ’s work internationally to protect human rights, to reduce global instability and … fines for blocking roads
Amid police violence, the Georgian government is resorting …
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JFJ to lead protest against police killing ‘crisis’, demand accountability
10 Apr 2025 20:12 GMT
… in Jamaica.
The End Police Violence Protest will be held … together victims, their families, human rights advocates, and concerned citizens … civil society leaders, the human rights lobby group said.
It … for a Jamaica where human rights and dignity are upheld …
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Jamaicans for Justice to lead protest against rise in police killings
10 Apr 2025 19:42 GMT
… across Jamaica. The End Police Violence Protest will take place … victims and their families, human rights advocates, and concerned citizens … according to JFJ.
The human rights lobby group is urging … create a Jamaica where human rights and dignity are upheld …