Translation of "baton " (English → French) :

17. Expresses its concern about the numerous instances of ill-treatment by police and the forces of law and order, particularly in relation to the disproportionate use of force against peaceful participants and journalists in connection with demonstrations, and the excessive use of non-lethal weapons, such as batons, rubber bullets and tasers; calls on the Member States to ensure that the uniforms of law enforcement personnel bear a means of identifying the wearer and that such personnel are always held to account for their actions; calls for an end to police checks that are based on ethnic and racial profiling; expresses concern at t ...[+++]he increasing number of restrictions on freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration and points out that the rights of assembly, association and freedom of expression form the basis to the right to demonstrate; calls on the Member States not to take measures that would undermine or criminalise people’s exercise of their fundamental freedoms and rights, urges them to take measures to ensure that force is used only in exceptional cases duly justified by a real and serious threat to public order and recalls that the primary role of the police forces is to guarantee people’s safety and protection;

L. whereas since 26 November 2013, Egyptian security forces have violently dispersed peaceful protests of people demonstrating against the government, military trials against civilians and Law 107; whereas the police has used tear gas, water cannons and batons against the protesters; whereas dozens of human rights defenders, civil society activists, journalists, bloggers, and critics of the government have been harassed and detained and some were banned from travelling by a judge; whereas several detainees reported that police beat and sexually harassed them; whereas such actions by the Egyptian security forces constitute a violation ...[+++] of the right of freedom of association and expression, and could be considered as being politically motivated;

While the spikes are capable of causing significant pain or suffering, spiked batons do not appear more effective for riot control or self-protection than ordinary batons and the pain or suffering caused by the spikes is therefore cruel and not strictly necessary for the purpose of riot control or self-protection.

D. whereas on 8 November 2010 a still unknown number of people, including police officers and security officials, were killed during Moroccan security forces' action with the aim of dismantling the protest camp of Gdaim Izyk; whereas there have also been reports of a significant number of wounded civilians as security forces used teargas and batons to clear the camp,

J. whereas the list of items and equipment whose trade is prohibited by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 does not include some policing and security equipment, currently traded internationally, which either has no other practical use besides torture or other ill-treatment, including spiked batons, certain wall or floor restraints, certain leg restraints, finger-cuffs, thumb-cuffs, thumbscrews and body-worn electric-shock stun devices other than ‘stun belts’,

Portable electric shock devices, including but not limited to, electric shock batons, electric shock shields, stun guns and electric shock dart guns having a no-load voltage exceeding 10 000 V