Amnesty International has released details of the deaths of 304 men, women and children killed by Iran’s security forces during last November’s ruthless crackdown, six months after the protests. The organization found that more than 220 of the recorded deaths took place over just two days on 16 and 17 November. New and extensive research …
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Sudan: All security agencies that attacked protesters must be held to account
An Amnesty International investigation has found that Sudan’s crackdown on protests against the government of deposed President Omar al-Bashir in 2018 and 2019 involved all branches of the country’s security forces and revealed new evidence about how protesters were killed. In a new report, “They descended on us like rain”, the organization documents how the …
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Americas: States cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in 2019
As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their countries in search of safety, states across the Americas clamped down on the rights to protest and seek asylum last year with flagrant disregard for their obligations under domestic and international law, Amnesty International said …
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Lebanon: Military forces must end arbitrary arrests and torture of protesters
Lebanese armed forces must end the arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment of peaceful protesters, Amnesty International said today as nationwide protests entered their seventh week. The past weeks have seen scores of protesters arrested by both military and security forces across Lebanon. The organization interviewed eight protesters recently arrested and detained and a lawyer representing …
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Chile: Deliberate policy to injure protesters points to responsibility of those in command
The security forces under the command of President Sebastián Piñera – mainly the army and Carabineros (the national police) – are carrying out widespread attacks using unnecessary and excessive force with the intention of injuring and punishing protesters. These attacks have so far resulted in the deaths of five people and the torture, ill-treatment and …
Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush protests
Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces, which have used excessive and lethal force to crush largely peaceful protests in more than 100 cities across Iran sparked by a hike in fuel prices on 15 November, said Amnesty …
Draconian anti-protest legislation would take Tasmania back to the dark ages
Amnesty International Australia strongly opposes Tasmania’s proposed severe anti-protest legislation which would penalise protestors to the same degree as murderers. The new Bill is more restrictive and punitive than the previous attempt by the Hodgman Government to stymie protest which was invalidated by the High Court four years ago. The 2015 Bill carried four years …
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Protests around the world explained
The past few months have seen a seemingly massive surge in protests globally.
Hong Kong: Face mask ban an extreme attempt to quash protests
Hong Kong government invokes colonial-era law to crack down on protests “It is thanks to the climate of fear Hong Kong authorities have created that protesters feel the need to wear masks in the first place” – Joshua Rosenzweig Responding to the announcement today that the Hong Kong government will ban face coverings at public …
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Hong Kong: Arbitrary arrests, brutal beatings and torture in police detention revealed
A new Amnesty International field investigation has documented an alarming pattern of the Hong Kong Police Force deploying reckless and indiscriminate tactics, including while arresting people at protests, as well as exclusive evidence of torture and other ill-treatment in detention. After interviewing nearly two dozen arrested persons and gathering corroborating evidence and testimonies from lawyers, …