Amnesty International UK
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🚨This isn’t history. It’s a plan for our future.
Amnesty UK has exposed powerful & well-funded groups that are working to stop women, LGBTI+ people & children making decisions over our bodies, health & futures.
This matters to all of us as everyone’s rights are at risk.
Join us in exposing them.
Amnesty UK has exposed powerful & well-funded groups that are working to stop women, LGBTI+ people & children making decisions over our bodies, health & futures.
This matters to all of us as everyone’s rights are at risk.
Join us in exposing them.
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
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But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
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But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
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The European Convention on Human Rights protects every single one of us in the UK.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The European Convention on Human Rights protects every single one of us in the UK.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
History teaches us clearly: rights can be lost quickly if we don't defend them.
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
History teaches us clearly: rights can be lost quickly if we don't defend them.
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
Israeli authorities continue to illegally detain Palestinian health workers including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
On Monday, UK healthcare workers, Healthcare Workers Watch & Health Workers4Palestine joined Amnesty activists to demand Palestinian health workers illegally detained in Israel are released.
On Monday, UK healthcare workers, Healthcare Workers Watch & Health Workers4Palestine joined Amnesty activists to demand Palestinian health workers illegally detained in Israel are released.
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Israeli authorities continue to illegally detain Palestinian health workers including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
On Monday, UK healthcare workers, Healthcare Workers Watch & Health Workers4Palestine joined Amnesty activists to demand Palestinian health workers illegally detained in Israel are released.
On Monday, UK healthcare workers, Healthcare Workers Watch & Health Workers4Palestine joined Amnesty activists to demand Palestinian health workers illegally detained in Israel are released.
Social security is a human right.
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society
amn.st
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Social security is a human right.
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
🚨BREAKING: today UK healthcare workers were joined by Amnesty activists to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all of the 105 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain illegally detained in Israeli prisons.
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: today UK healthcare workers were joined by Amnesty activists to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all of the 105 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain illegally detained in Israeli prisons.
Israeli courts have extended the arbitrary detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
On 27.12.24 Israeli military arbitrarily detained him, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
His name was initially on the release list as part of the ceasefire deal. He must be released immediately.
On 27.12.24 Israeli military arbitrarily detained him, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
His name was initially on the release list as part of the ceasefire deal. He must be released immediately.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Israeli courts have extended the arbitrary detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
On 27.12.24 Israeli military arbitrarily detained him, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
His name was initially on the release list as part of the ceasefire deal. He must be released immediately.
On 27.12.24 Israeli military arbitrarily detained him, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
His name was initially on the release list as part of the ceasefire deal. He must be released immediately.
Thank you to our friends @justfairuk.bsky.social & @parkinsons.org.uk for coming to support us on #EndPovertyDay 💛
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you to our friends @justfairuk.bsky.social & @parkinsons.org.uk for coming to support us on #EndPovertyDay 💛
Outside parliament, a banner made from images sent in by people across the UK carries one powerful message: social security is a human right.
#EndPovertyDay, in partnership with The Co-operative Bank
#EndPovertyDay, in partnership with The Co-operative Bank
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Outside parliament, a banner made from images sent in by people across the UK carries one powerful message: social security is a human right.
#EndPovertyDay, in partnership with The Co-operative Bank
#EndPovertyDay, in partnership with The Co-operative Bank
We’ve exposed “Crisis Pregnancy Centres”. These centres use misinformation & stigma to try to stop you from having an abortion.
These centres are just 1 part of a rapidly growing network of organisations that want to take away the rights of women & LGBTI people.
amn.st/63320AInXy
These centres are just 1 part of a rapidly growing network of organisations that want to take away the rights of women & LGBTI people.
amn.st/63320AInXy
What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres in the UK?
Crisis pregnancy centres which have been known to “misinform” women around abortion have become increasingly “professionalised” in the UK.
amn.st
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’ve exposed “Crisis Pregnancy Centres”. These centres use misinformation & stigma to try to stop you from having an abortion.
These centres are just 1 part of a rapidly growing network of organisations that want to take away the rights of women & LGBTI people.
amn.st/63320AInXy
These centres are just 1 part of a rapidly growing network of organisations that want to take away the rights of women & LGBTI people.
amn.st/63320AInXy
What a difference a few years make.
FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.
FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What a difference a few years make.
FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.
FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.
GOOD NEWS: On July 14th, Kent Police threatened this protestor, Laura Murton, with arrest for holding a Palestinian flag and placards stating "Free Gaza" and "Israel is committing genocide". Thousands raised the alarm, and Police Kent has now apologised.
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
GOOD NEWS: On July 14th, Kent Police threatened this protestor, Laura Murton, with arrest for holding a Palestinian flag and placards stating "Free Gaza" and "Israel is committing genocide". Thousands raised the alarm, and Police Kent has now apologised.
Good luck to our incredible 160 runners at the Royal Parks Half today! 🏃♀️
Join Team Amnesty at our next big event, the Hackney Half, and be part of the movement for equality and justice. The world needs you now more than ever.
Sign up now 👇🏾
www.amnesty.org.uk/hackney-half...
Join Team Amnesty at our next big event, the Hackney Half, and be part of the movement for equality and justice. The world needs you now more than ever.
Sign up now 👇🏾
www.amnesty.org.uk/hackney-half...
October 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good luck to our incredible 160 runners at the Royal Parks Half today! 🏃♀️
Join Team Amnesty at our next big event, the Hackney Half, and be part of the movement for equality and justice. The world needs you now more than ever.
Sign up now 👇🏾
www.amnesty.org.uk/hackney-half...
Join Team Amnesty at our next big event, the Hackney Half, and be part of the movement for equality and justice. The world needs you now more than ever.
Sign up now 👇🏾
www.amnesty.org.uk/hackney-half...
After two years of a livestreamed genocide and unimaginable loss, agreement on the first phase of a ceasefire deal that allows some humanitarian aid into Gaza and releases the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners is overdue.
However, this cannot be another brief pause in the violence.
However, this cannot be another brief pause in the violence.
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
After two years of a livestreamed genocide and unimaginable loss, agreement on the first phase of a ceasefire deal that allows some humanitarian aid into Gaza and releases the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners is overdue.
However, this cannot be another brief pause in the violence.
However, this cannot be another brief pause in the violence.
🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology
Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities
We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0
Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities
We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology
Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities
We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0
Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities
We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0
It’s been two years since the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel, during which at least 1,200 Israelis and other nationals - mostly civilians - were killed and 251 people were taken hostage, of which 20 are still alive and held in Gaza.
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s been two years since the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel, during which at least 1,200 Israelis and other nationals - mostly civilians - were killed and 251 people were taken hostage, of which 20 are still alive and held in Gaza.
Amnesty UK condemns the horrific attack on the East Sussex Mosque this weekend.
We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.
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We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Amnesty UK condemns the horrific attack on the East Sussex Mosque this weekend.
We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.
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We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.
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We are deeply saddened by & condemn the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.
Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.
We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.
Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.
We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are deeply saddened by & condemn the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.
Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.
We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.
Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.
We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.
Cruel policies lead to poverty. The 2 child cap punishes the poorest families. It must be removed in its entirety.
Labour could scrap cruel two-child benefit limit as possible replacement emerges
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be looking at several options to replace the Tory-era austerity policy blamed for trapping hundreds of thousands of kids in poverty
www.mirror.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Cruel policies lead to poverty. The 2 child cap punishes the poorest families. It must be removed in its entirety.
BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool
Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...
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Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool
Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...
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Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...
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Almost 40% of “Prevent” referrals to counter‑terrorism police are CHILDREN between 11 and 15 years old. Nearly HALF are Muslim or Asian.
Beyond exam pressure & teenage angst, a generation is growing up under surveillance because of the “Prevent” duty.
Act now: amn.st/63324AbAd6
Beyond exam pressure & teenage angst, a generation is growing up under surveillance because of the “Prevent” duty.
Act now: amn.st/63324AbAd6
September 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Almost 40% of “Prevent” referrals to counter‑terrorism police are CHILDREN between 11 and 15 years old. Nearly HALF are Muslim or Asian.
Beyond exam pressure & teenage angst, a generation is growing up under surveillance because of the “Prevent” duty.
Act now: amn.st/63324AbAd6
Beyond exam pressure & teenage angst, a generation is growing up under surveillance because of the “Prevent” duty.
Act now: amn.st/63324AbAd6
🚨BREAKING: Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by drones - again.
British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships.
Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.
British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships.
Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨BREAKING: Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by drones - again.
British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships.
Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.
British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships.
Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.
Journalists like @mathildamall.bsky.social are aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Their mission is simple: deliver food, medicine and other essentials to Palestinians in occupied Gaza, who are still trapped under Israel’s unlawful blockade.
Their mission is simple: deliver food, medicine and other essentials to Palestinians in occupied Gaza, who are still trapped under Israel’s unlawful blockade.
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Journalists like @mathildamall.bsky.social are aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Their mission is simple: deliver food, medicine and other essentials to Palestinians in occupied Gaza, who are still trapped under Israel’s unlawful blockade.
Their mission is simple: deliver food, medicine and other essentials to Palestinians in occupied Gaza, who are still trapped under Israel’s unlawful blockade.
Migrants are being scapegoated.
It is a distraction from the real problems people are facing: homelessness, hunger and discrimination.
Poverty is a political choice, founded in inequality.
Instead of anti-migrant hate and blame, we need real action.
It is a distraction from the real problems people are facing: homelessness, hunger and discrimination.
Poverty is a political choice, founded in inequality.
Instead of anti-migrant hate and blame, we need real action.
September 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Migrants are being scapegoated.
It is a distraction from the real problems people are facing: homelessness, hunger and discrimination.
Poverty is a political choice, founded in inequality.
Instead of anti-migrant hate and blame, we need real action.
It is a distraction from the real problems people are facing: homelessness, hunger and discrimination.
Poverty is a political choice, founded in inequality.
Instead of anti-migrant hate and blame, we need real action.