Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:57:25 +0200https://english.radio.cz/amnesty-international-urges-czechs-deal-police-brutality-8046044© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalFor a few days in September last year, Prague became the focus of international attention, as violent clashes broke out between police and anarchist protestors during the IMF/World Bank meetings. Almost one thousand people were arrested, and three hundred complaints of police brutality were lodged by protestors. After holding its own investigation, the Interior Ministry has denied charges of police brutality, but a news release issued on Monday by Amnesty International claims that the police abused human rights, and describes police actions in some cases as verging on torture. Nick Carey has this report. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/amnesty-international-urges-czechs-deal-police-brutality-8046044 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9