Holographic Rally is displayed at Gwanghwamun, Seoul. [Courtesy of Amnesty International Korea]
Human right group Amnesty International has staged a "ghost" rally using hologram images of protesters accusing South Korea police of using excessive force to restrict freedom of assembly and expression.
The virtual march organized by Amnesty Korea and activists on a public plaza in central Seoul was the second in the world after a similar event in Spain last April.
Hologram images of more than 100 protesters waving banners or chanting slogans were presented for 10 minutes on a transparent three-meter-high screen.
The holographic rally attracted dozens of people, but police did not intervene. It was filmed at a Seoul studio after police rejected a request to stage a real street protest.
Holographic Rally is displayed at Gwanghwamun, Seoul. [Courtesy of Amnesty International Korea]
Amnesty Korea accused police of using excessive force to control protesters. Its data showed police used more than 280 tons of water for water cannons in 2015, up from 48.5 tons a year earlier.
Baek Nam-gi, a 68-year-old farmer, was left in a coma after being hit by a jet from a water cannon during an anti-government protest last November.
Holographic Rally is displayed at Gwanghwamun, Seoul. [Courtesy of Amnesty International Korea]
"Baek has become an unwitting symbol of the slow death of freedom of assembly in South Korea," Amnesty Korea director Kim Hee-Jin said in a statement, describing freedom of assembly as "a fundamental" human right".
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