A NATO military report says some members of a U.S.-trained police force in Afghanistan have committed human rights abuses, but that overall the force has been effective. The NATO report follows a Human Rights Watch study released in September, documenting abuses, including killings, sexual assault, and illegal detention, committed by the Afghan Local Police, or […]
NATO Admits Afghan Local Police Abuses
2 Afghan Police Killed in Gunfight with Combined Afghan-NATO Force
NATO says a combined Afghan and coalition security force has killed two Afghan police officers and wounded three other people during a gunfight in eastern Ghazni district. The coalition says “individuals” at an Afghan National Security Force checkpoint fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortar, and small arms at the combined security force late Friday. NATO says the […]
US Probe Finds Puerto Rican Police Department ‘Broken’
A U.S. Justice Department investigation is criticizing the Puerto Rico Police Department for using violence, violating people’s rights and ignoring some crimes. The findings, published Thursday on the agency’s website, cited a pattern of behavior that it said violated both the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Investigators reported numerous instances in which police used excessive […]
4 DRCongo Police Sentenced to Death for Activist’s Murder
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced four police officers to death for the murder of an influential human rights activist. The court sentenced another police officer to life in prison for the death of Floribert Chebeya. Chebeya headed one of Congo’s most prominent human rights organizations – Voice of the […]