YOUR GIFT TODAY COULD HELP END ATTACKS ON THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
The right to peacefully protest is under threat all around the world.
For example in Hong Kong, where human rights lawyer and activist Chow Hang-tung is in prison and faces up to ten years for encouraging people to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre by lighting a candle at home.
All over the world, there are people who refuse to stay silent when the right to protest is at risk. Together, we can act in solidarity with Chow and others in similar situations. We can demand their freedom and expose those in power who seek to take it away.
Chow’s unlawful incarceration is just one example of how our human right to protest is being eroded all around the world. In the UK, a law giving police sweeping new powers is going through Parliament. This Public Order legislation is an enormous and unprecedented extension of policing powers – including additional powers to shut down peaceful protests and criminalise protesters.
But for Amnesty International UK to have the greatest possible impact and make the loudest noise as we campaign for the freedom to protest everywhere, we urgently need donations from supporters like you.
Will you help protect our human right to peaceful protest?