Canada must stop arms exports to Peru amid deadly repression of protests
Amnesty International urges Canada to suspend arms exports to Peru in light of the Peruvian state’s lethal crackdown of recent protests.
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Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown in Iran
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 […]
Police misuse of rubber bullets kills and maims peaceful 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 […]
Deadly repression of Peru protests shows ‘systematic racism’
Amnesty International has released the initial findings of its investigation into the state response to the recent protests in Peru.
THAILAND: Child protesters targeted
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 […]
The right to protest is under attack in Peru! Here’s what you need to know and what you can do about it
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 […]
Facial Recognition and Policing Protesters
Rights Back At You | Episode 1 Meet Derrick Ingram. After he shared a photo of himself from a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest, the New York Police Department surrounded […]
PERU: 18 People Killed During Protests
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 […]
Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters
Iran’s highest military body instructed the commanders of armed forces in all provinces to “severely confront” protesters who took to the streets following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini […]
Russia: More than 1,300 protesters detained after Putin’s partial military draft
Responding to the detention of at least 1,386 peaceful protesters who took part in rallies across Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s call to mobilize additional troops to fight in Ukraine, […]
Mahsa Amini and the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran
World leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. […]
Moving Onwards in the Fight to Protect the Rights of Women and Girls
The urgency of upholding the rights of women and girls has never waned, and this is continues to be the reality for women and girls around the world. Gender-based violence […]