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Protesters look on as Mozambique riot police officers block the road in Maputo, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA/AFP via Getty Images)

Protect the Protest in Mozambique

Mozambique is experiencing the country’s worst crackdown on protests in years.  Mozambican authorities have launched a massive crackdown following disputed...

Activists demonstrate in front of the Bangladesh High Commission (embassy) in the capital Colombo on July 22, 2024, demanding an end to a government crackdown against protesters opposing a controversial job allocation quota system. © ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images.

Protect the Protest in Bangladesh and Iran

In a world with increasing inequality and persisting discrimination, armed conflict, authoritarianism and crises of governance, as well as mounting...

Protect the Protest banner with Leidy from Colombia by Amnesty International

Protect the Protest in Iran, Sri Lanka and Russia

Executions Surge in Iran Since the Woman Life Freedom uprising, Iranian authorities have doubled down on their brutal use of...

Top image: policeman fires a tear gas canister to disperse protesters during the 50th day of anti-government protests demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 28, 2022. Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images.

Protect the Protest in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and...

Protester in Iran holds up a photo of Mahsa Amini

Protect the Protest in Iran

The death in detention of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality”...

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Protect the Protest in Guatemala

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent...

A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in Turkey in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's 'morality police.' (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Protect the Protest in Iran: the legacy of Mahsa Amini

The death in custody of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s “morality” police in September 2022 sparked a nationwide...

“Women, Life, Freedom!” Protect the Protest in Iran

“Please be our voice… We are standing firm in the streets. We are risking our lives on the street [protesting],...

A protestor holds a Chilean flag in front of armed police

Speak Up to Protect the Protest in Chile

Many of you helped the Amnesty movement send thousands of messages from Canada and around the world to authorities in...

Peaceful Assembly and Protecting the protest © Nastia Maksimova

Peaceful assembly and protecting the right to protest: An interview with Dr Anja Bienert

Dr Anja Bienert works for Amnesty International’s Police and Human Rights Programme in the Netherlands. She has developed a set...

A black sign with the text "Ceasefire Now" written on it six times.

Canada: Authorities must protect rights as student protests surge

Amnesty International Canada urges universities and government authorities to ensure the safe protection of students' right to protest....
A Colombian police officer in riot gear points a tear gas cannon at protesters.

Colombia: Protect Peaceful Protest

Thousands of Colombians claimed their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, during months of demonstrations for justice and...

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