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Demonstrators gather on 29 November 2019 in the center of the Santiago de Chile, Chile to protest against the abuses of the security forces, including eye injuries from misuse of weapons. Photo by Federico Rotter/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Take the Torture out of Protest! Regulate the Trade in Policing Equipment

Progress happens when we come together to demand change. We should be able to do this without fear of being...

Farmers seek cover during a demonstration as they try to move towards Delhi on February 21, 2024 in Shambhu border area, India. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

India: The price of protest must not be death

Responding to the death of the 22- year-old farmer Shubhkaran Singh during the ‘Dilli Chalo’ Farmers’ march, Aakar Patel, chair...

Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel fire teargas and block a highway to prevent farmers from marching towards New Delhi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, at the Haryana-Punjab state border in Shambhu near Ambala about 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital on February 14, 2024. Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images.

India: Right to peaceful protest under threat due to mounting restrictions and escalating crackdown on farmers’ march

Responding to the mounting restrictions and escalating crackdown by the Indian authorities on the ‘Dilli Chalo’ peaceful march of farmers,...

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‘They are waiting for us to give up’: Activists face harassment and killings in campaign to protect rivers in Honduras

By Graciela Martínez González, campaigner at Amnesty International’s Latin America Regional Office. This piece was published in Newsweek en español...

Afghanistan: Stop the crackdown on women’s rights protesters

Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women in Afghanistan have faced severe repression. Women protesting against the...

Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri

Iran: Man at risk of imminent execution linked to protests

Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 popular uprising. On December 24,...

Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei, aged 34

Iran: Man at grave risk of protest-related execution

Iranian Kurdish man Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 nationwide protests....

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What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What actually is spyware? Spyware is a type of malicious software. It interferes with a device’s normal operation to collect...

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Peaceful protest against injustice in Israel/OPT is not a threat to security

Speaking out against injustice or joining a solidarity march are some of the few tools we – as peoples around...

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Argentina: Human rights lawyer convicted for protesting

Alberto Nallar is a human rights lawyer who played an active role in the protests in Jujuy Province that began...

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Turkey: End protest ban on Galatasaray square

Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders are prevented from exercising...

Less lethal weapons: Riot police officer fires tear gas to clear pro-democracy protesters amidst clash on May 09, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Less lethal weapons: Unfettered trade in law enforcement equipment fuelling protest violations – new investigation

Companies selling less lethal weapons to countries that abuse them to suppress protests, and states licensing these exports, are fuelling...

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