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A new joint report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation investigates the human rights impact of less lethal weapons and other law enforcement equipment used in places of detention and in policing of protests.
It looks at weapons in five categories: restraints, kinetic impact devices, chemical irritants (including riot control agents), electric shock devices, and other technologies such as acoustic devices.
In this report Abigail Amey, Zoe Ellis and Will McMahon summarise the views of those who attended two events held at HMP Grendon, in June 2014, and HMP Barlinnie, in October 2014, as to how far UK prisons follow the European Prison Rules as recommended by the Council of Europe.
Zoe Ellis, Research and Policy Assistant, discusses the themes that arose from the discussions that took place at our recent event at HMP Grendon.
Zoe Ellis, Research and Policy Assistant, describes what took place at our recent event at HMP Grendon.
The UN rapporteur on adequate housing, Raqel Rolnik has warned that the effects of the bedroom tax and benefit cuts are threatening the human rights of the poorest, reports The Guardian.
