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South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

ride celebration by students at the Middle East Technical University (METU) campus, in Ankara, Turkey, May 2018.

9th February 2023
USA: Hateful and abusive speech towards LGBTQ+ community surging on Twitter under Elon Musk

Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo clash with police forces in the Peruvian Andean city of Juliaca, on January 7, 2023.

30th January 2023
Peru: Amnesty International deploys crisis response team to investigate serious human rights violations

9th January 2023
Brazil: Amnesty International condemns the attacks and invasion of public buildings in Brasilia by extremist groups

28th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: – CUBA: ARTIST JAILED FOR PROTECTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

28th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: Yren Rotela and Mariana Sepúlveda – Paraguay: INVISIBILITY IS DISCRIMINATION

16th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: Nasser Zefzafi – MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Locked up for 20 years for demanding change

10th October 2022
Americas: Military monitoring of civil society organisations shows deteriorating respect for human rights

5th October 2022
Cuba: Tactics of repression must not be repeated

5th September 2022
Protect the Protest: Justice for Gustavo Gatica blinded at a protest

2nd August 2022
USA: NYPD ordered to handover documents detailing surveillance of Black Lives Matter protests following lawsuit

19th July 2022
Amnesty International launches global campaign to confront unprecedented worldwide threat to the right to protest

A sign is held that reads Abortion is a Human Right

27th June 2022
USA: Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade marks a grim milestone in the history of the United States

Police in riot gear force people off a street as they protest the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. on April 27, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

23rd June 2022
20 rules for ending widespread misuse of police batons

22nd June 2022
Between invisibility and discrimination: Venezuelan LGBTIQ+ refugees in Colombia and Peru

Employees of the National Indigenous Foundation protest over missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira, in Brasilia, on June 9, 2022.

16th June 2022
Brazil: Amnesty International laments the brutal deaths of Bruno and Dom and demands justice from Brazilian government

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