Amnesty lamented that governments have turned to “repression and unnecessary and excessive use of force” against struggling demonstrators instead of addressing their core concerns, such as high food prices and paltry wages. Demonstrators on April 28, 2022, in Colombo, during the months’ long anti-government protests over the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. (Nazly Ahmed/Flickr,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Jake Johnson
Common DreamsW ith global poverty and hunger rising amid the intertwining crises of war, public-health emergencies and climate change, Amnesty International this week issued an urgent call for governments worldwide to implement universal social protections to ensure […]
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