Protest LGBTI rights abuses at Pride this summer
All around the world, Pride marches and events are held to celebrate hard won rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people and to continue demanding equality. But […]
Protest LGBTI rights abuses at Pride this summer
All around the world, Pride marches and events are held to celebrate hard won rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people and to continue demanding equality. But […]
Sudan: Government mounts lethal offensive against protesters killing nine, blocking food and water supplies
Nine people have been reportedly killed in Sudan since protesters began a sit-in at the military’s headquarters in Khartoum on 6 April, with police and security forces using excessive force […]
Gaza: Hamas must end brutal crackdown against protesters and rights defenders
Amnesty worker in Gaza interrogated and ill-treated by security forces Hamas security forces’ violent crackdown against peaceful Palestinian protesters, activists, human rights workers – including an Amnesty International worker – […]
Zimbabwe: Crackdown escalates on protests over massive fuel price hikes, hundreds arrested
Eight people reportedly killed Authorities shut down internet 200 people arbitrarily detained The Zimbabwean authorities must ensure that the security forces exercise restraint and respect the rights of people protesting […]
Asylum seekers from Honduras need protection not pushbacks
The images are impossible to forget. Men, women and children, many with nothing more than tiny backpacks, walking with thousands of others on a long, exhausting, perilous journey from […]
Guinea: Death toll rises as repression of opposition protests worsens
At least 18 deaths since January in the context of demonstrations; including three by firearms over the last two weeks Verified video and images show members of an elite military […]
Sudan: Five years on, no justice for 185 protesters shot dead by security forces
The Sudanese authorities are yet to bring to justice a single person for the killing of at least 185 people who were shot either in the head, chest or back by […]
Zambia: Trial of activists for protesting government spending an affront to justice
The trial of six human rights defenders and activists – including well-known Zambian musician Pilato – simply for taking part in a peaceful protest against exorbitant government spending on fire […]
Ethiopia: Investigate police conduct after deaths of five people protesting ethnic clashes
The Ethiopian authorities must thoroughly and effectively investigate the violent dispersal of demonstrators by police in Addis Ababa today in which five people were shot dead, Amnesty International said. Today’s […]
Nigeria: Police violate Owerri women’s right to peaceful protest
Responding to the arrest and detention of 114 Owerri women protestors who had been peacefully demanding the whereabouts of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, Director Amnesty International […]
China: Thirty people detained at factory worker protest must be released
In response to the detention of 30 individuals who were peacefully protesting in support of factory workers’ attempt to form their own trade union at Jasic Technology in Shenzhen, southern […]