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 harmed, hurt, or even killed by the misuse of policing […]
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 of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The death of […]
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, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: […]
‘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 When Honduras President Xiomara Castro took office in January 2022 […]
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 Taliban’s harsh policies have been met with forced disappearances, arbitrary […]
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, his family learned that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court […]
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. On December 16, 2023, Branch 17 of the Supreme Court […]
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 information without alerting the user and sends it to another […]
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 the world – have available to try and effect change. […]
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 on June 15. He has been placed under house arrest […]
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 their right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Istanbul’s Galatasaray […]
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 a global human rights crisis and must stop this irresponsible […]