Indicator in all countries

Is there evidence of police violence against migrants/minorities in custody?

• Austria

  Yes.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  Yes

• Denmark

  Yes.

• Finland

  No, there is no evidence of this.

• France

  Yes

• Germany

  There is no evidence of systematic police violence in Germany. Yet, single incidents of police violence do exist.

• Greece

  Yes

• Hungary

  Yes.

• Ireland

  To date - there are no documented instances of this occouring.

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  No.

• Portugal

  No, no there is no evidence of police violence against migrants or minorities in custody.

• Romania

  No such evidence was made public in 2011 regarding migrants/minorities, however reports mentioned pretrial detainees (irrespective of ethnic background) complaining to human rights NGOs that police beat them during pretrial investigations.

   

• Slovenia

  There are no available data indicating police violence against migrants/minorities in custody.

• Spain

  No data.

• Sweden

  Yes. There is evidence of police violence against migrants/minorities in custody.