List of cases of police brutality

This list compiles incidents of police brutality that have garnered significant media and/or historical attention.<!--Do not add new names or items to this list without first verifying the information through a reliable neutral source and providing a reference to it. Please add new entries in chronological order.-->

2010–present

• July 09, 2011 The United Nations human rights office expressed disappointment on the use of excessive force by the police against peaceful protestors in the , which organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections () calling for electoral reform in , .
  
  
  • June 06, 2011 22-year-old Martin Neshkovski was beaten to death by Igor Spasov, a member of the special police unit Tigers, in the center of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia during the celebration of the ruling party’s VMRO-DPMNE election victory, supposedly because he wanted to climb on stage and congratulate the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski personally. After an unsuccessful attempt by the Macedonian institutions to cover up the murder, which was followed by two day demonstrations in Skopje, Spasov admitted the murder. Protesters kept on protesting every day starting at 18.00h demanding bigger control over special police unit members and political and moral responsibility a.k.a resignation of the Minister of Interior, Gordana Jankuloska, and the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, Ivo......
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