{"id":6885,"date":"2026-07-22T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:40:08","slug":"amnesty-international-calls-on-india-to-end-use-of-force-against-youth-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6885","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International Calls on India to End Use of Force Against Youth Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> International human rights organization <strong>Amnesty International<\/strong> has called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the use of force against young protesters, expressing concern over what it described as excessive policing and restrictions on peaceful dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Amnesty International urged the <strong>Indian police<\/strong> to stop using unnecessary and excessive force against demonstrators, emphasizing that the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression must be protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization alleged that peaceful dissent in India is being suppressed and said that young protesters had been subjected to disproportionate use of force during demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Amnesty International, security authorities employed unnecessary measures against protesters despite the demonstrations being peaceful in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rights group also claimed that authorities erected barricades to prevent demonstrators from reaching the <strong>Parliament House<\/strong>, while imposing restrictions that included the suspension of <strong>mobile internet services<\/strong> and disruptions to <strong>metro operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty argued that such measures limited citizens&#8217; ability to exercise their fundamental rights to peaceful protest and freedom of movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization called on the Indian government to conduct an <strong>independent and impartial investigation<\/strong> into allegations of police baton charges and the use of tear gas against protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said that any use of force by law enforcement agencies should comply with international human rights standards and that those responsible for any unlawful actions should be held accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty International further stressed that governments have an obligation to facilitate peaceful protests rather than suppress them, urging Indian authorities to ensure that security measures remain proportionate and lawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement reflects Amnesty International&#8217;s position regarding recent protests in India. Indian authorities have not been included in the provided report, and any official response from the government or police was not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: International human rights organization Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the use of force against young protesters, expressing concern..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438504_2960410_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}