Although mass protests against persistent inequalities decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those that did take place were usually met with excessive use of force by state agents, often resulting in serious injuries. The government misused the law to criminalize protesters, invoking the State...

Amnesty International is sending this open letter to express its deep concern for the situation faced by people in need of international protection at the border between Chile and Peru. This situation has arisen owing to the measures implemented by the governments of both countries in response to...

Amnesty International submits this document in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. This contribution focusses on...

Chile had failed to fulfil its obligation to protect people who have fled Venezuela to protect their lives. On the contrary, for those people in need of international protection who manage to enter Chile, accessing refugee status or regularizing their migratory status is an obstacle course. Amnesty...

Amnesty International calls on OAS Member States to include firm commitments in the final resolutions that ensure the protection of the human rights of every person, without distinction, in the final resolutions of the General Assembly. Putting human rights at the centre of state actions would make...

This is the executive summary, conclusions and recommendations of the hard-hitting report analysing patterns and individual cases of police violence during the period of social unrest that broke out in Chile in October 2019. It exposes the responsibility of the commanders in Carabineros (Chilean...

This hard-hitting report analyses patterns and individual cases of police violence during the period of social unrest that broke out in Chile in October 2019. It exposes the responsibility of the commanders in Carabineros (Chilean police) for widespread human rights violations, and call on a police...

Case card for Gustavo Gatica’s Write for Rights case

Case poster for Gustavo Gatica who is featured in the 2020 Write for Rights campaign.

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International is concerned about the precarious situation of people deprived of their liberty throughout the Americas. Widespread overcrowding in prisons in the region makes it impossible for those detained to take measures to prevent infection,...

Open letter to the President of the Republic Sebastián Piñera on the observation and monitoring of the human rights situation after the state of emergency decree and curfew in Chile.