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Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones – our database has logged them all

  • Written by David Cingranelli, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing oftwo protesters in Minneapolis shone a light on the use of fatal force by American law enforcement — a phenomenon that in 2025 saw the deaths of more than 1,300 people in the U.S., according to data...

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