67 Illustrative examples of health and human rights implications Reportedly, during protests in 2013 in an OSCE participating State, riot police used batons against peaceful protesters. Police allegedly beat protesters who had already fallen on the ground, people who were trying to shield others and people trying to flee, leading to injuries including broken ribs, a broken wrist, bruising and cuts. Police also reportedly struck protesters on the head on multiple occasions, leading to several cases of concussion, a broken nose, cuts and other head injuries. A journalist reportedly received a “serious skull fracture” when a riot police officer hit him on the back of his head with a baton in 2012. The journalist, who was reportedly part of a group of photojournalists being shepherded away from a small, peaceful demonstration near parliament when he was struck, subsequently required surgery, the insertion of two titanium plates and a course of anti-epilepsy drugs as a result of his injuries. In 2016, police in an OSCE participating State used their batons to repel a group of protesters trying to push through a police cordon to enter a building whose tenants were being evicted. Video footage shows officers using overhead strikes even as protesters retreat down stairs, increasing the likelihood of inflicting serious head injuries. A 15-year-old girl reportedly required reconstructive surgery after suffering a fractured bone close to her eye as a result of a strike.