Argentina: Abusive Response to Protest

By Human Rights Watch

A riot police officer shoots a tear gas canister at protesters during a demonstration of pensioners calling for improvements to their pensions and access to free medicines, among other demands, in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2025. © LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Argentine authorities should investigate security forces’ use of force to confront a protest led by pensioners and review an “anti-protest” protocol that opens the door to abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 12, 2025, hundreds of pensioners gathered outside Argentina’s National Congress in…

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