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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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