AMNESTY International has called on the PSNI to sever links with the regime in Burma after another anti-democracy crackdown.
The PSNI in Derry hosted police from Burma in the city last month.
More than 120 people have been arrested in Burma during a crackdown on students, monks and journalists.
The protesters have been in a standoff with security forces for more than a week as they demonstrate against an education bill they say stifles academic independence.
In November 2013 the Northern Ireland Policing Board approved the secondment of a PSNI officer to support the Myanmar (Burmese) Police Force.
Last month a delegation of senior officers from the Burmese police were hosted by Derry Police and Community Safety Partnership to discuss crowd management and community policing.
Amnesty International Northern Ireland programme director Patrick Corrigan said the Chief Constable and the Policing Board should “suspend any involvement with current EU police training in the country, until such time that it can be demonstrated that such training is not contributing to the sort of serious human rights abuses currently taking place”.
He added: “Eyewitness accounts and images of Burma police beating fleeing demonstrators with batons are a stark reminder of just how repressive the climate still is in the country.
“In recent years the PSNI has been involved in delivering training to security forces in Burma, Libya, Bahrain and other countries with atrocious human rights records.
“A rigorous human rights assessment must be made before any future agreement to offer training to an overseas police force. In addition, the PSNI should carry out follow-up evaluation to ensure that any training offered results in an improvement in human rights and policing in that country.”
He added that there needs to be “greater transparency around the delivery of such training” and the Chief Constable should publish details in his annual report.
Assistant Chief Constable Alistair Finlay said: “These secondments are carried out at the request of UK government or European Union, in support of the aims of these institutions to contribute to improvements in justice and human rights.
“Where we can, it is appropriate that PSNI support the requests of government. The objective is to demonstrate how a community based policing service is delivered within high conflict.”
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