Alberto Nallar, human rights lawyer was detained on July 13, and charged with the crime of sedition. He played a very active role in the protests in the Jujuy Province that began on June 15. Since July 14, Alberto Nallar has been under house arrest. Amnesty International has received reports of...

Amnesty International urges President Dina Boluarte to 'send a clear message' that Peru's state security forces must respect human rights.

Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at grave risk of execution in relation to nationwide protests. In early April 2023, Iran’s judiciary announced that a Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz had sentenced Mojahed to death for “enmity against God” (moharebeh), “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) and...

Amnesty International is calling this week for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, leaving hundreds of millions facing hunger or trapped in a cycle of poverty and deprivation. In a briefing...

Amnesty International urges Canada to suspend arms exports to Peru in light of the Peruvian state’s lethal crackdown of recent protests.

During the brutal crackdown in Iran, intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protesters as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide protests, said Amnesty...

Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber bullets, plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests and cause horrific injuries and deaths, said Amnesty International today, in a new report calling for strict controls on their use and a...

Amnesty International has released the initial findings of its investigation into the state response to the recent protests in Peru.

Download a copy of the 1st UA 14/23 below Thai authorities are prosecuting and harassing child human rights defenders for peacefully exercising their right to protest. Among the 283 children targeted with criminal proceedings, authorities have sentenced LGBTI campaigner Thanakorn ‘Petch’...

There is a crisis of extreme gravity in the South American country of Peru – so grave, in fact, that Amnesty has deployed a specialized continental crisis response team to investigate serious human rights violations and possible crimes under international law committed in the context of the...

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Download a copy of the 2nd UA 105/22 below On 9 January, 18 people were killed during protests in the city of Juliaca, in the Puno region, in Peru. The country continues to experience protests and violence in different regions, following the announcement of then-president Castillo to dissolve...