In May 1995 Amnesty International published a major report on police ill-treatment (Federal Republic of Germany: Failed by the system – police ill-treatment of foreigners; EUR 23/06/95). Since then more than 40 fresh reports of ill-treatment have been received, confirming Amnesty International’s belief that cases of alleged police ill-treatment are not isolated incidents. Many of these new cases are documented here, and the vast majority of alleged victims are again foreign nationals, including asylum-seekers or members of ethnic minorities. This report also updates a number of cases previously documented.
