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July 9, 2020

President of Nigerian Humanist Association held incommunicado

Mubarak Bala, president of the Nigerian Humanist Association, has been detained incommunicado since 28 April, 2020.
July 3, 2020

Call for UK government to end arms sales and training for Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police have used UK-made tear gas against pro-democracy campaigners, and the UK College of Policing provided training for forces in Hong Kong.
June 4, 2020

Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling publishes literature review

Studies have indicated that the more complex, prolonged and persistent a gambling problem is, the more likely it is that crime will be committed.
May 12, 2020

Police forces warned on adopting AI 'without consultation or ethical safeguards'

Police forces risk undermining policing-by-consent and their relations with ethnic minority communities, a report warns, as new FOIs reveal only one force which has adopted AI such as facial recognition consulted local communities about its use.
April 3, 2020

President Duterte's coronavirus shoot-to-kill order 'deeply alarming'

President Duterte has ordered police and military officials in the Philippines to shoot 'troublemakers' protesting during the country’s coronavirus quarantine.
March 2, 2020

Criminalisation rate of children in residential care falls

The disproportionate criminalisation of children in residential care was exposed by the Howard League in 2016.
January 8, 2020

Vice President's account of Philippines 'war on drugs' shows failure of deadly campaign

Duterte's ‘war on drugs’ is a war on the poor, marked by human rights violations and rampant impunity for the police and other high-ranking officials, says Amnesty International.
December 14, 2019

Chile crisis report describes multiple human rights violations by police and army

A new UN Human Rights Office report on the crisis in Chile describes multiple human rights violations by the police and army, and calls for reforms.
December 10, 2019

Child arrests in England and Wales reduced by more than 70%

Arrests of children in England and Wales have been reduced by more than 70 per cent in eight years, research published by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals.
November 28, 2019

Coercive control offences have almost doubled in the past year

In the year ending March 2019, an estimated 1.6 million women aged 16 to 74 years experienced domestic abuse.