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Nigerian protesters take to the streets once again, blocking a main road in Lagos and demanding that officials follow through on an announcement that a feared police unit is to be scrapped. The decision to dissolve the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which has been accused of unlawful arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings, followed widespread protests that saw police use tear gas and water cannon. IMAGES
Tunis, Jun 15 (EFE/EPA).- Protests against police brutality continued on Tuesday in the Sidi Hassine suburb on the northwestern outskirts of Tunis.The young man Ahmed Ben Amara reportedly died after being beaten by law enforcement officers while in custody. (Camera: MOHAMED MESSARA).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE IN THE SIDI HASSINE SUBURB ON THE NORTHWESTERN OUTSKIRTS OF TUNIS, TUNISIA.
Tunis, Jun 13 (EFE/EPA).- Students clashed with security forces in Tunis on Saturday night over allegations of police brutality that has left two casualties in recent days.The outrage was sparked by a video published on Wednesday showing a minor allegedly being assaulted and undressed by several agents during a protest against the economic situation in a poor neighborhood of the capital. That incident occurred around the same time that a young female protester who had been arrested had died outside a police station after being arrested in the same neighborhood, Sidi Hassine suburb. (Camera: MOHAMED MESSARA).SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE OFFICERS DURING A PROTEST AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY IN TUNIS, TUNISIA.
Kolkata (India), Feb 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary) Students and opposition activists demonstrated against the alleged police brutality by Indian officials on February 11 during a protest in Kolkata.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON THURSDAY AT A KOLKATA TRAIN STATION, INDIA.
Images of police roadblocks, buildings on fire and dark smoke billowing into the air in Lagos, as Nigerians wake up in shock following an attack on peaceful demonstrators by armed forces. According to the Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, one person died due to "blunt force trauma to head" and that 25 others were wounded. Rights group Amnesty International had earlier said that "several" demonstrators were killed in the shooting, while there has been no independent confirmation of the death toll. IMAGES
Demonstrations against police violence continue in Nigeria, bringing together hundreds of people in economic capital Lagos despite the dissolution of the controversial SARS police unit the day before. In June, a report by Amnesty International listed what it alleged were 82 cases of torture, ill treatment and extra-judicial execution by the SARS between January 2017 and May 2020. IMAGES