Nigeria: No justice for victims of police brutality one year after #EndSARS Protests
Despite promises of reform police impunity goes on Investigation panels dashing victims’ hope of getting justice Pro-government mobs used to instigate violence One year after peaceful #EndSARS protests ended in […]
POLAND: Protect Afghans Stranded at Border
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 95/21 HERE 32 Afghans are stuck at the Polish-Belarus border following pushbacks by Polish authorities to Belarus in August. They have been stranded for weeks […]
Afghanistan: Suppression of protests at odds with Taliban’s claims on human rights
Responding to widespread reports that the Taliban are using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and journalists at gatherings across Afghanistan, including using gunfire to disperse crowds and cables to lash […]
Cuba: Massive protests are a desperate cry to a government that doesn’t listen
In response to the state repression of social protests in several areas of Cuba yesterday, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “In a historic day for Cuba, thousands […]
Iran: Tortured Protestors Jailed Unjustly
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 66/21 HERE Iranian brothers Vahid Afkari and Habib Afkari are being subjected to renewed torture and other ill-treatment in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. Since September […]
Algeria: Journalist Arrested for Covering a Protest
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 49/21 HERE On 18 April, the Algerian authorities arrested journalist Rabah Kareche shortly after he published an article in Liberté newspaper. The article was covering […]
Hong Kong: Jailing of opposition figures over protests is violation of international law
Responding to the sentencing of 10 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to between eight and 18 months in prison for taking part in two “unauthorized” protests in August 2019, Amnesty International’s […]
Belarus: Government’s threats and history of crackdown on protesters require urgent international response
Statements made by the Belarusian authorities ahead of demonstrations planned for 25 March (Freedom Day) raise serious concerns that the police response will yet again be marked by severe violence, […]
Senegal: Restraint needed as country-wide protests planned after eight died last week
Following an announcement by Senegal’s Movement to Defend Democracy (M2D), a group of opposition parties and activists, that a three-day country-wide protest would start today, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International West […]
Mexico: Authorities used illegal force and sexual violence to silence women protesting against gender-based violence
Mexican authorities repressed women who were peacefully protesting against gender-based violence in 2020, violating their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly by using unnecessary and excessive force, arbitrary […]
Russia: Appalling use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters
All peaceful protesters detained today in Moscow and other Russian cities must be released immediately and unconditionally, and all instances of unlawful use of force by police promptly and effectively […]
Mayors and Governors Must Protect People from Armed Groups, Denounce White Supremacy
In response to the events of last week and in anticipation of more gatherings by white supremacists ahead of the inauguration, Amnesty International USA has sent a letter to 3,500 […]