Search Results for: protect the protest

Search by Category
WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: International community must urgently action upon the UN Special Rapporteur’s recommendations

The first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan must serve as a...

A group of people at a table writing letters

Write for Rights

Every year Amnesty supporters participate in the world's largest human rights event by writing letters and signing petitions in support...
Laura Zuniga by the river with her quote

Support Actions in Solidarity with Threatened Defenders of Land, Water, Forests and a Healthy Environment

The defenders of land, water, forests, Indigenous rights and a healthy environment are a beacon of hope in the ever...

IRAN: Intensified Assault on Baha’i Minority

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 76/22 BELOW Iran’s persecuted Baha’i minority are suffering escalated attacks on their human rights. Since...

“NAAN, KOR, AZADI!”

“Naan, kor, azadi!” Bread, work, freedom! This was the chant heard on the streets of Kabul by the many brave...

WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: One year of the Taliban’s broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence 

Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority...

CANADA: Indigenous Land Defenders At Risk

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 61/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human...

Bernardo by the river

For more than 4 years I was imprisoned for defending the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples

By Maya Q’eqchi’ teacher and rights defender Bernardo Caal Xol Indigenous Peoples face racism and discrimination in most countries. We...

Myanmar: Detainees tortured to crush opposition to coup

Based on 15 interviews carried out in March 2022 with former detainees, lawyers of prisoners and experts, as well as...

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 71/22 BELOW On 15 July, a court in Krasnodar (southern Russia) sentenced Andrei Pivovarov to...

© Kiana Hayeri / Amnesty International

Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule

In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they...

Afghanistan: Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – New report

The report, Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule, also reveals how women who peacefully protested against...
Features
Activism Guide
Book Club
Human Rights Education
Human Rights News
Legal Briefs
Members in Action
Online Action
Perspectives
Press Releases
Reports
The Candle
Urgent Actions
Youth Activism
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.