‘Militarised approach’ to policing peaceful protests, only increases risk of violence: UN human rights expert
“Rather than seeing peaceful protest as a democratic means of participation, too often governments resort to repression to suppress protests and silence people’s voices,” said Clément Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, in a report presented to the Human Rights Council. The expert said a global trend towards militarising protest policing tactics had led…
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