Amnesty’s Guidelines on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Peaceful assemblies have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding…
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Less lethal weapons
These six sheets give a brief overview of less lethal weapons including their potential effects and risks. They summarize when…
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Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) in law enforcement
Responding to the frequent misuse across the globe of kinetic impact projectiles, commonly known as rubber bullets, today Amnesty International…
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Striking weapons in law enforcement
Recent footage of police in India attacking protesters and detainees with batons highlights the urgent need for law enforcement agencies…
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Kenya: Joint Statement: Update on Saba Saba Anniversary Protests
NAIROBI, Monday, July 7, 2025: Saba Saba Day symbolises our nation’s enduring struggle for democracy, civil liberties and political reform.
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Guinea: One year after the enforced disappearance of FNDC activists, abductions increase in a ‘climate of terror’
Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (Front national…
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Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression
As Amnesty International signed on to a joint statement ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the ‘709’ crackdown on human…
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Serbia: Authorities must end unlawful use of force against protesters and investigate reports of police violence
Following reports of a widespread violent crackdown on largely peaceful student protesters in Belgrade and other major towns across Serbia…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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Mexico: The search for disappeared persons is a high-risk activity for collectives of women searchers
Women who search for their loved ones among the more than 128,000 disappeared and missing persons in Mexico additionally face…
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South Korea: Amnesty International Korea releases new report “Right of the People, Duty of the State: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in South Korea”
Despite Amnesty International’s continued calls for the revision of the Assembly and Demonstration Act (ADA), the law still fails to…
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Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds
Amnesty visits more than 50 scamming compounds in 18-month long research Testimony from survivors details human trafficking, slavery and forced…
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Türkiye: Unlawful use of force by police against protesters in March “may amount to torture”
Turkish authorities must carry out prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations into alleged human rights violations committed by law enforcement…
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Argentina: Two years after brutal repression in Jujuy, Amnesty International report exposes impunity
Two years after the constitutional debate and waves of social protests that gripped the province of Jujuy, there have been…
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Georgia: Women protesters are targeted with escalating violence and gender-based reprisals
Police in Georgia are increasingly using gender-based violence including sexist insults, threats of sexual violence and unlawful and degrading strip…
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USA: Dehumanized by design: Human rights violations in El Paso
This briefing presents Amnesty International’s findings and observations from an April 2025 visit to an immigration detention center in Texas.
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Mozambique: Protest under attack: Human rights violations during Mozambique’s post-2024 election crackdown
Mozambican security forces used reckless and unnecessary force in a widespread crackdown on protests following last October’s election, resulting in…
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