Bangladesh: Ban pellet guns now
Between July 17 and August 27, 2024, at least 22 student protesters were killed by pellet gunshots and 400 more lost their eyesight.
Kinetic Impact Projectiles
Kenya: deadly repression at anti-finance bill protests
The use of live ammunition and crowd-control weapons left 65 demonstrators dead and hundreds more wounded and traumatized.
Argentina: Mass arrests and crowd-control weapon abuse in anti-Omnibus Law protests
On January 31, 2024 and the following day, at least 31 people were arbitrarily arrested and 285 more –including about 35 journalists– were injured in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Peru: Tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition against protesters
Peruvian law enforcement left more than 50 dead and 1400 injured in the months of protests following Pedro Castillo’s impeachment in December 2022.
France
French police injured 200 environmental defenders, left two in a coma and blocked medical aid. This article is a contribution of the Ligue des droits de l’Homme (France).
South Africa
The inherent inaccuracy of “double-ball rounds” causes deaths of demonstrators and bystanders
Belarus
Expanding bullet among the many weapons that injure hundreds of peaceful protesters in 2020 Minsk demonstrations
Colombia
Eighteen-year-old Dilan Cruz is killed by police with bean bag shot during 2019 mass demonstrations