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NEW REPORT FINDS LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLATED BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS’ HUMAN RIGHTS, DOCUMENTS ACTS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND EXCESSIVE FORCE
Today, Amnesty International USA released a report documenting widespread and egregious human rights violations by police officers against protesters, medics, journalists and legal observers who gathered to protest the unlawful killings of Black people by the police and to call for systemic reform in May and June of 2020.
Hong Kong: National security arrests over social media posts violate freedom of expression
Responding to the arrest of four Hong Kong student activists for “inciting secession” under the city’s new national security law over recent social media posts, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said: