nicosia riot police beirut baghdad hong kong minsk often use weapons crowd control protesters sustenance dying maimed street protestation worldwide multiplied rights groups sounded alarm tear gas rubber bullets bedaze guns arm induce serious wounds enforcement use avoid firing live munition violent protesters may attack hurtle rocks bottles molotov cocktails start fires try dim laser malicious exuberant use ofttimes authoritarian states long since earned riot ascendance tools official designation weapons arsenal also includes truncheons shields restraints chemical irritants electric shock devices baton rounds grenades water cannon acoustic forces disposal dizzying array weapons kit known cause serious injury even death says pardon international paper equipment surveyed worthy torture sleeping accommodation banned outright said group specialist marek marczynski report iraq torn repeat protests since last year loads protesters killed tin fired directly died blunt force trauma eye sockets skull chests security impel shot grenades flat upward trajectories close documented several deaths caused tear gas pedal smoke grenade made serbia iran times heavier canisters devastating termination multiple cases piercing victims skulls resulting gruesome wounds death grenade embed inside heads said pardon lynn rights watch reported similar lifethreatening injuries protests shook beirut aftermath massive august explosion levelled part lebanese capital killed said observed security forces fire canister straight off protester head violation international monetary standard severely injuring forces too get demonstrators ball club firing rubber bullets birdshot pellets indiscriminately said blog said monitored largely peaceful protests august tear gas rubberize bullets pellet fired recklessly crowds also caused elsewhere kinetic impact rounds plastic rubber bullets first used british army northern ireland years lost eyes french demonstrations palestinian protests unrest followed george floyd killing united force munitions designed bouncing ground hit people legs break bones tear vas cause internal bleeding fired directly surgeon mohamad jawad khalifeh tweeted one beirut hospital perform seven eye surgeries treat exploded spleen one night street clashes argued indiscriminate use multiple projectiles legitimate law enforcement use urged forbiddance dangerous metal gas says pardon also far harmless fired excessive quantities inclose spaces light panic triggers crowd healthy people recover effects tear gas burning skin streaming eyes ventilation difficulties children pregnant women asthmatics elderly far greater un basic principles utilize power firearms law enforcement officials encourages states develop weapons enable graduated response use military force besides acknowledged equipment reduce risk death injury sides exploited responsibly fully accountable warned scores countries law enforcement officials commit encompassing range human rights violations using equipment including torture custody well excessive arbitrary unneeded use force sales demonstrator