Category - police violence

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29 Sep 2012

Amnesty calls on Tunisia to drop indecency charge in 'police rape' case

Amnesty has called on the Tunisian authorities to drop indecency charges against a woman summoned to court after complaining that police officers raped her.
12 Oct 2010

Amnesty calls for full inquiry into Nigerian police shootings

Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian government to set up an independent inquiry into a police shooting incident that left at least one person dead.
2 Jun 2010

Indian police fire into crowds on steel plant protest

Police in the Indian state of Odisha are reported to have fired into crowds demonstrating against UK-linked company TATA, which owns Jaguar, Land Rover, Corus and Tetley.