Armas menos letais, como balas de borracha, cassetetes, gás lacrimogêneo e spray de pimenta, são frequentemente empregadas de forma abusiva, violando direitos humanos e enfraquecendo a democracia.

Both the Policing Board and McCullough Review must now urgently investigate why the PSNI used Israeli spyware to identify journalists sources. This is yet another PSNI attempt to criminalise journalism. How many lawyers, NGOs and other journalists have the PSNI used this spyware against?

TRABALHADOR RURAL E DEFENSOR DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS

A @CorteIDH declarou o Estado brasileiro internacionalmente responsável pelo desaparecimento forçado de Almir Muniz da Silva, trabalhador rural e defensor dos direitos dos trabalhadores no estado da Paraíba. (1/3)

Israel refuses entry to an EU delegation as further reports of the horrific torture of doctors and healthcare staff in Israeli prisons emerges. What would actually have to happen for the EU to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

Imagens das câmeras de segurança dos Centros de Internação do Departamento Geral de Ações Socioeducativas (Degase), obtidas com exclusividade pelo jornalismo da TV Globo RJ, revelaram a atuação violenta do Grupo de Ações Rápidas (GAR), criado em 2014.

The same instruments were used on migrants being deported to Colombia. President Trump defended their use by describing the deportees as "murderers, drug lords, gang members..." This suggests that the use of restraints is part of a broader effort to stigmatise migrants and justify mass deportations.

Reports show migrants being deported from US to #Brazil in hand- & legcuffs; with allegations that agents pulled on & over-tightened handcuffs to inflict pain. The use of restraints can be humiliating & degrading, especially when not justified by the situation
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That phrase “none of the men released had been charged with crimes during their two decades of detention” should shake a democracy to its core.

"Calling ourselves the world's most moral army absolves soldiers who know exactly what we're doing" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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DYK we do ID-ing work? We identify weapons used in #HumanRights & humanitarian law violations, including in @theguardian.com.
We’ve seen images of fragments of a US-made (Boeing) JDAM (kit that converts unguided 'dumb' bombs into precision-guided weapons): www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

📣New book! Dr Cillian Blake, member of our Network of Experts, has a new @claruspress.bsky.social book exploring legal rules that regulate & restrict use of force by An Garda Síochána in the context of policing in Ireland. Pre-order ‘Use of Force: Law and Practice’ www.claruspress.ie/shop/use-of-...

O guarda virou caveira: como a GCM se militarizou para exercer papel de polícia

Criada após o fim da ditadura com a função de proteger o patrimônio municipal, corporação se torna cada vez menos civil, imitando o pior das polícias militares com truculência, fuzis e veículos blindados.

In recent training, we discussed with torture monitors from Acre & Sergipe, the National Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture & our partners @justicaglobal.bsky.social, use of attack dogs during planned searches in prisons in Brazil. Immediate steps should be taken to end this abusive practice.