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Rape Cases Highlight “Colonial” Police Practices
A woman is attacked by police at an anti-rape protest in New Delhi. Credit: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)Harsh police handling of public protests erupting across India over a spate of...
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Islamists Lay Siege to Dhaka
Protestors armed with bamboo sticks faced police in riot gear in Dhaka on May 4, 2013. Credit: Kajul Hazra/IPSAdding to a long list of domestic woes, including a factory collapse that left hundreds...
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Where Law Enforcement Goes Bad
Brazil’s Guarani-Kaiowá people are the targets of violence at the hands of large landowners and their paid gunmen in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Credit: Mario Osava/IPSThere is a...
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U.N. Urges Turkish Police to Exercise “Restraint”
Turkish police have been using excessive force against unarmed protestors. Credit: Arzu Geybulla/IPSUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay...
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Fifteen People a Day Go Missing in Rio de Janeiro
Elizabeth Gomes, the wife of Amarildo de Souza, who has been missing from the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro since Jul. 14, 2013. Credit: Fabíola Ortiz/IPS Over the last two decades, nearly 92,000...
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Police Killings Challenge U.S. “Exceptionalism”
Washington DC, the evening of April 29. 2015. Activists and supporters affiliated with the #DCFerguson movement gathered in Chinatown for a march in solidarity with the Baltimore protests of the cop...
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Opinion: Protecting Lives Must Come First in Law Enforcement
Police action in response to indigenous protests is increasingly under scrutiny in South Africa. Credit: Thapelo Lekgowa/IPSBy Dr. Anja BienertLONDON, Sep 7 2015 (IPS)Everyone has the right to life....
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Jamaica’s Culture of Fear Allows Police to Get Away With Murder
Residents of Orange Villa, an inner-city community of Kingston protest on 14 July 2016 for the ongoing impunity in the case of Nakiea Jackson. Police showed up at the protest to intimidate relatives....
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Together We are Stronger Against Police Violence
Shackelia Jackson's brother Nakeia was murdered by police in Jamaica. Credit: Amnesty InternationalBy Shackelia JacksonKINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 22 2017 (IPS)As a relative of a young man killed by the...
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The Price of Bukele’s State of Emergency in El Salvador
A group of alleged gang members is presented to the media by police authorities in El Salvador on Jul. 20 as a demonstration of the effectiveness of the war against gangs waged in this Central American...
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Arbitrary Arrests in El Salvador Hit the LGBTI Community
A couple participate in the gay pride parade in San Salvador, held before the state of emergency was declared on Mar. 27, under which the government is carrying out massive raids in search of suspected...
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“Trigger-Happy” Laws Expand in Latin America
Alleged gang members are transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center, a mega-prison built by the government of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador to house 40,000 detainees accused of belonging to...
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