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UN: Spanish Police Violating Rights of People of African Descent in Pandemic

December 07, 2020 • by Rights International Spain

The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has expressed concern about systemic racism during the coronavirus pandemic and has urged governments to end police impunity.
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Hungary To Pay Compensation to HCLU Client Who Was Forcefully Catheterised

August 14, 2019 • by Anna Kertész, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

In an important judgement delivered in July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated that forced catheterisation was a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture.
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Belgian Police Beat Man for Filming Migrant Detention

November 29, 2018 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

Following the police brutality against Diego Dumont, as he exercised his right to record a video of a police action, the Belgian League of Human Rights (LDH) has requested a serious and independent investigation.
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A Twist in the Trial Over Stefano Cucchi's Death

November 01, 2018 • by Roberta Martucci Schiavi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

There has been a twist at the hearing of the trial in which five policemen were accused of the death of Stefano Cucchi, the Roman surveyor arrested on 15 October 2009 who died at the Pertini Hospital the following week.
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- prison
- Police Brutality
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Deaths Mount as Police Brutality Continues in Poland

June 12, 2017 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

A Polish man who died at a police station after officers used a stun gun on him has shaken public opinion in Poland, where the use of violence by police remains a serious problem
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- Poland
- CPT
- Police Brutality
Ants, a Chainsaw, and Inhuman Treatment by Czech Police

June 10, 2016 • by The League of Human Rights

A protest against illegal logging in a Czech national park turned violent when police abused an activist before allowing park employees and a logger to do the same.
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Justice After Eight Years for Romanian Victim of Police Violence

January 08, 2016 • by The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee

A man is abused by three police officers after complaining about getting stiffed by a Bucharest taxi driver. After eight years of inaction by Romanian authorities, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered justice.
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Italy: Still Waiting for That Law on Torture

December 15, 2015 • by Corallina Lopez Curzi, Associazione Antigone

Italy has put off dealing with its obligations with regard to torture for way too long, despite the fact that the duty to criminally sanction torture is unequivocally in various international treaties.
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Undignified Expulsions from the Czech Republic Must Stop

November 25, 2015 • by The League of Human Rights

Tear gas and handcuffs should no longer be tools to force foreigners onto planes for deportation, a Czech court says in response to an unseemly expulsion attempt.
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A Third of Bulgarian Detainees Are Victims of Police Brutality

September 23, 2015 • by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Nearly 28 percent of Bulgarian detainees say they were subjected to police brutality during arrest, in custody or both.
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- Abuse
- Bulgaria
- BHC
- Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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- Police Brutality
- detainees
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