#state-violence

#state-violence

Amnesty International has said the increasing number of deaths from the government crackdown is alarming' About 300 members of the Indonesian Women's Alliance (API) have rallied outside parliament in the capital Jakarta, demanding an end to state violence and the withdrawal of the military from civilian security duties. The demonstration on Wednesday comes after a week of unrest that has killed at least 10 people,

Weapons of war have increasingly found their way into the arsenals of domestic police forces. Few people know that better than protesters in Bangladesh. During the 2024 student uprising, the UN estimates that as many as 1,400 people were killed the vast majority of them by firearms used by state security forces. But over the past few decades, police forces in wealthier parts of the world have also come to look and act more like armies.

(Chuck Modiano) -When the night comes, it is not just the National Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and a jumpy police department walking the streets. In an otherwise eerily quiet city, the people are present as well. Armed only with cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their dwindling rights, groups of local residents trail and record Trump's occupation forces. They're known as the night patrols.