UN says US government should provide protesters and journalists in American cities right to take part in peaceful demonstrations without risking arbitrary arrest, detention or unnecessary use of force
Federal officers use chemical irritants and projectiles to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, July 24, 2020.
US police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in US cities including Portland or detain them unlawfully, the United Nations human rights office has said.between federal forces and demonstrators protesting against racism and police brutality, a UN spokeswoman stressed that the right to peacefully assemble and protest must be protected.
"Peaceful demonstrations that have been taking place in cities in the US, such as Portland, really must be able to continue," UN rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssel told reporters in Geneva on Friday. People must be able to demonstrate, and journalists must be able to cover such protests, without "risking arbitrary arrest or detention, being subject to unnecessary disproportionate or discriminatory use of force or suffering other violations of their rights," she said.
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