Protect the Protest Archives - Page 3 of 4 - Amnesty International Ireland

25th July 2024
Bangladesh: Further video and photographic analysis confirm police unlawfully used lethal and less-lethal weapons against protesters

9th July 2024
Europe: New report shows sweeping pattern of systematic attacks and restrictions undermine peaceful protest

11th June 2024
Protect protest online: Stop digital violence against women and LGBTI activists in Thailand

22nd May 2024
Iran: President Raisi’s death must not deny victims of his grim human rights legacy their right to accountability

15th May 2024
Urgent Action: Iran – Women and Girls Facing Violent Crackdown

Russian activist and journalist Maria Ponomarenko at court

22nd April 2024
Urgent Action: Russia – Free Maria Ponomarenko

18th April 2024
Urgent Action: Russia – Free Maria Ponomarenko

4th April 2024
Iran executes 853 people in eight-year high amid relentless repression and renewed ‘war on drugs’

Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent disabilities. The new film, which features Leidy Cadena who was blinded by police in 2021 during a protest which was part of the National Strikes in Colombia, shows the devastating impact such weapons can have.

3rd April 2024
New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally.

Iranian women remove headscarves. Iranian authorities are waging a large-scale campaign to enforce repressive compulsory veiling laws through widespread surveillance of women and girls in public spaces and mass police checks targeting women drivers.

7th March 2024
Iran: Draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws through surveillance and mass car confiscations

Alexei Gorinov, an opposition politician from Moscow, Russia, sentenced to 7 years for distributing false information about the Russian army in Ukraine.

4th March 2024
Russia’s war censorship laws must go

Mohamad Ghobadlou, at risk of execution in Iran

24th January 2024
Iran: Executions of protester with mental disability and tortured Kurdish man mark plunge into new realms of cruelty

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

6th December 2023
Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity

20th October 2023
Europe: Right to protest must be protected during latest escalations in Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories

13th July 2023
France: Nahel shooting highlights need for overhaul of police firearms rules and an end to systemic racism in law enforcement

11th May 2023
Global: Amnesty International calls for universal social protection, as overlapping crises leave hundreds of millions facing disaster

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