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Hong Kong: Release activists arrested for expressing concerns about elections

Responding to the arrests of several people in connection with Hong Kong’s District Council elections, which took place on Sunday,...

Afghanistan: Stop punishing women protesters

Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, women protesting Taliban’s draconian policies have been forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily arrested,...

China’s White Paper Movement: One year on, six protesters share their stories

On 24 November 2022, at least 10 people died in an apartment fire in the city of Urumqi, northwest China....

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...

Iraq: Demand truth and justice for disappeared activist

On September 19, 2020, a group of armed men abducted Sajjad al-Iraqi from a vehicle he was travelling in with...

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...

Saudi Arabia: Two young men face imminent

Abdullah al-Derazi and Jalal Labbad are at risk of imminent execution after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court secretly upheld their death...

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...

Iran: New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers

The Iranian authorities’ relentless onslaught against weekly peaceful protests by thousands of protesters and worshippers from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority...

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...

Egypt: Detained anti-torture T-shirt protester faces health risk

Mahmoud Hussein, a protester who had already spent two years in arbitrary pretrial detention for wearing an anti-torture T-shirt, was...

Interactive digital map reveals state-sanctioned violence worldwide

Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International...

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