Mozambique is experiencing the country’s worst crackdown on protests in years.  Mozambican authorities have launched a massive crackdown following disputed elections on October 9, 2024. Security forces have routinely tried […]

In a world with increasing inequality and persisting discrimination, armed conflict, authoritarianism and crises of governance, as well as mounting global threats on livelihoods and the planet, protests are widespread […]

Executions Surge in Iran Since the Woman Life Freedom uprising, Iranian authorities have doubled down on their brutal use of the death penalty as a tool of oppression to terrorize […]

The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country. The government responded to largely peaceful […]

The death in detention of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality” police sparked an unprecedented popular uprising. The crackdown was swift […]

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent electoral process, among them electoral authorities and members of the […]

The death in custody of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s “morality” police in September 2022 sparked a nationwide uprising that continues into 2023, with women and girls leading […]

“Please be our voice… We are standing firm in the streets. We are risking our lives on the street [protesting], please please stand up for us.”Protester from Esfahan, Iran Nationwide […]

Many of you helped the Amnesty movement send thousands of messages from Canada and around the world to authorities in Chile as part of our 2020 Write for Rights campaign […]

Dr Anja Bienert works for Amnesty International’s Police and Human Rights Programme in the Netherlands. She has developed a set of Guidelines on The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly […]

Amnesty International Canada urges universities and government authorities to ensure the safe protection of students' right to protest.

Thousands of Colombians claimed their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, during months of demonstrations for justice and peace in 2021. Women, youth, Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendent communities and […]