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Images from the ESP website.
Above: Images of ESP training of police officers in the use the baton in a neck-hold position. Training was
conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [date unknown]
Images from the ESP website.
Above: Images of ESP training of police officers in the use the baton in a neck-hold position. Training was
conducted to police units and the prison service in China (above left) and to the police in India (above
right). [date unknown]
Euro Security Products also appears to provide training to law enforcement personnel in restraint techniques
that potentially may facilitate ill-treatment, such as the use of plastic or fabric restraints in the application
of ‘hogtying’.
Images from the ESP website.
Above: Images of ESP training prison service and police officers in the application of the hogtying technique.
Training was conducted in the Czech Republic (above left) and India (above right). [dates unknown]
Amnesty International has previously raised concerns regarding the use of hogtying, for example in the
United States, highlighting the danger that such practices can severely restrict breathing and can lead to
euro-security.info/en/2013-10-04-08-19-35/batons-photogallery/police-photogallery/india.html, Czech Prison Service Training http://www.
euro-security.info/en/training-courses-esp/photogallery-esp-courses/courses-for-esp-instructors-of-the-prison-service-of-the-czech-republic.
html (accessed 14 May 2015).
Index: EUR 01/1632/2015
Amnesty International May 2015
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