The Gen-Z Movement: This is why we’re risking our lives to protest
Across the world, a number of young people – known as the Gen Z movement – are taking to the streets and fighting for their rights. In Madagascar, they’re protesting chronic water shortages and power cuts. In Peru, the right to therapeutic abortions is under threat. And in Indonesia, young people are raising their voices against the resurgence of authoritarian practices.
However, instead of facilitating and protecting the right to peaceful protest, security forces are responding with unlawful force, putting young peoples’ lives in danger. Young people should not have to risk their lives to protest.
Amnesty International is calling on governments all over the world to negotiate a Torture-Free Trade Treaty at the United Nations to prohibit inherently abusive law enforcement equipment and to regulate the trade in standard policing equipment often used to commit torture and other ill-treatment. Without effective human rights-based controls, people will continue to suffer physical and psychological harms at the hands of authorities.
In this story, four young activists from the Gen Z movement share why they’re determined to protest, despite the dangers they’re facing…
