Brighton Amnesty International
@brightonamnesty.bsky.social
Brighton & Hove Amnesty International campaigns for Human Rights in the UK and throughout the world. We meet on the first Thursday of each month. Contact us on brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
Pinned
Our @brightonamnesty.bsky.social Write For Rights event is at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 6th December between 10 and 4.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Our @brightonamnesty.bsky.social Write For Rights event is at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 6th December between 10 and 4.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our @brightonamnesty.bsky.social Write For Rights event is at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 6th December between 10 and 4.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Great cause hope lots of people turn up to support it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Great cause hope lots of people turn up to support it.
Our @brightonamnesty.bsky.social Write For Rights event is at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 6th December between 10 and 4.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our @brightonamnesty.bsky.social Write For Rights event is at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 6th December between 10 and 4.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
Please drop in and write a card or letter of support for someone suffering #HumanRights violations.
18-year-old Yuval Peleg is serving a 30-day sentence in a military prison for refusing to enlist in the #Israeli military over its involvement in the genocide in #Gaza and the unlawful occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Please help Amnesty free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help Amnesty free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
IOTP: Israel: Release Conscientious Objector
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
18-year-old Yuval Peleg is serving a 30-day sentence in a military prison for refusing to enlist in the #Israeli military over its involvement in the genocide in #Gaza and the unlawful occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Please help Amnesty free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help Amnesty free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Defend UK membership of the European Convention Of Human Rights.
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Our rights are under attack. Tell your MP to protect the UK’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Our rights are under attack. The ECHR protects us all – but politicians want to rip it apart. Tell your MP: defend our rights, defend the ECHR. ✍️ #HumanRights
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Defend UK membership of the European Convention Of Human Rights.
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Ammunition from #Bulgaria, equipment from #France appeared in #RSF hands in #Darfur #Sudan via #UnitedArabEmirates. But @eudiplomacy.bsky.social silence on UAE's role allows impunity.
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Sudan urges EU: Stop selling arms to UAE amid massacre claims
“Those weapons were not intended for third-party use,” Sudan’s top envoy in Brussels tells POLITICO, as a paramilitary group stands accused of committing atrocities in the country’s civ…
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ammunition from #Bulgaria, equipment from #France appeared in #RSF hands in #Darfur #Sudan via #UnitedArabEmirates. But @eudiplomacy.bsky.social silence on UAE's role allows impunity.
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Surveillance video shows a group of Israeli settlers as they attacked and set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of al-Jaba in the Bethlehem area of the occupied West Bank.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Surveillance video shows a group of Israeli settlers as they attacked and set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of al-Jaba in the Bethlehem area of the occupied West Bank.
Defend UK membership of the European Convention Of Human Rights.
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Our rights are under attack. Tell your MP to protect the UK’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Our rights are under attack. The ECHR protects us all – but politicians want to rip it apart. Tell your MP: defend our rights, defend the ECHR. ✍️ #HumanRights
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Defend UK membership of the European Convention Of Human Rights.
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Send your MP a letter via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
The US Supreme Court has allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to display sex assigned at birth.
This policy strips away another basic protection for transgender and intersex people.
This policy strips away another basic protection for transgender and intersex people.
US Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Passport Rule
The United States Supreme Court last week allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to reflect an individual’s sex assigned at birth.
www.hrw.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The US Supreme Court has allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to display sex assigned at birth.
This policy strips away another basic protection for transgender and intersex people.
This policy strips away another basic protection for transgender and intersex people.
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared 10 people “national heroes” on November 10, among them the late President Soeharto.
Giving a “national hero” award to Soeharto, whose rule included widespread abuses, is not without consequence.
Giving a “national hero” award to Soeharto, whose rule included widespread abuses, is not without consequence.
Indonesia’s President Declares Late Dictator Soeharto a ‘National Hero’
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared 10 people “national heroes” on November 10, which Indonesia celebrates as Heroes Day. Among them was the late President Soeharto, who ruled Indonesia fro...
www.hrw.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared 10 people “national heroes” on November 10, among them the late President Soeharto.
Giving a “national hero” award to Soeharto, whose rule included widespread abuses, is not without consequence.
Giving a “national hero” award to Soeharto, whose rule included widespread abuses, is not without consequence.
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian industrial and agricultural facilities in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, causing large fires and injuring several people.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian industrial and agricultural facilities in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, causing large fires and injuring several people.
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Chow Hang-tung is an activist who's been jailed for speaking up for #HumanRights and democracy in Hong Kong. Detained under the brutal National Security Law. She has been in prison awaiting trial for over 4 years.
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Send a message of solidarity to Chow Hang-tung
Chow Hang-tung is imprisoned for defending human rights in Hong Kong. We can't let repression win. ✍️ Send a message of solidarity now. Show she’s not alone. #FreeChowHangTung #StandWithHongKong. Act...
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Chow Hang-tung is an activist who's been jailed for speaking up for #HumanRights and democracy in Hong Kong. Detained under the brutal National Security Law. She has been in prison awaiting trial for over 4 years.
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Chow Hang-tung is an activist who's been jailed for speaking up for #HumanRights and democracy in Hong Kong. Detained under the brutal National Security Law. She has been in prison awaiting trial for over 4 years.
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Send a message of solidarity to Chow Hang-tung
Chow Hang-tung is imprisoned for defending human rights in Hong Kong. We can't let repression win. ✍️ Send a message of solidarity now. Show she’s not alone. #FreeChowHangTung #StandWithHongKong. Act...
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Chow Hang-tung is an activist who's been jailed for speaking up for #HumanRights and democracy in Hong Kong. Detained under the brutal National Security Law. She has been in prison awaiting trial for over 4 years.
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Please send her a message of support.
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/hk-s...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Our November @brightonamnesty.bsky.social meeting is an online meeting on 6th November at 19:30. Our speaker is Jerry Allen, @amnestyuk.bsky.social country coordinator for #Bangladesh.
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our November @brightonamnesty.bsky.social meeting is an online meeting on 6th November at 19:30. Our speaker is Jerry Allen, @amnestyuk.bsky.social country coordinator for #Bangladesh.
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
Our November @brightonamnesty.bsky.social meeting is an online meeting on 6th November at 19:30. Our speaker is Jerry Allen, @amnestyuk.bsky.social country coordinator for #Bangladesh.
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our November @brightonamnesty.bsky.social meeting is an online meeting on 6th November at 19:30. Our speaker is Jerry Allen, @amnestyuk.bsky.social country coordinator for #Bangladesh.
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
All with an interest in #HumanRights welcome.
Entry details from : brightonandhoveai@gmail.com
Civilians in #Sudan are suffering starvation and horrific violence with daily massacres and sexual violence against women and children.
Demand a #UN arms embargo now
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Demand a #UN arms embargo now
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Demand an arms embargo in Sudan
Support people in Sudan. Sign the petition to stop the flow of weapons now.
www.amnesty.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Civilians in #Sudan are suffering starvation and horrific violence with daily massacres and sexual violence against women and children.
Demand a #UN arms embargo now
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Demand a #UN arms embargo now
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Palestinian hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has been arbitrarily detained by Israel since December 2024. He has not been released as agreed following the recent cease fire agreement.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Palestinian hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has been arbitrarily detained by Israel since December 2024. He has not been released as agreed following the recent cease fire agreement.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
In Indonesia many activists have been arbitrarily detained or face criminal charges simply for support peaceful protests.
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In Indonesia many activists have been arbitrarily detained or face criminal charges simply for support peaceful protests.
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Haiti’s children are bearing the brunt of a humanitarian and human rights crisis driven by escalating gang violence and the failure of Haitian authorities and the international community to protect them.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Demand protection for Haiti's children
Sign the petition to make a difference!
www.amnesty.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Haiti’s children are bearing the brunt of a humanitarian and human rights crisis driven by escalating gang violence and the failure of Haitian authorities and the international community to protect them.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Haiti’s children are bearing the brunt of a humanitarian and human rights crisis driven by escalating gang violence and the failure of Haitian authorities and the international community to protect them.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Demand protection for Haiti's children
Sign the petition to make a difference!
www.amnesty.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Haiti’s children are bearing the brunt of a humanitarian and human rights crisis driven by escalating gang violence and the failure of Haitian authorities and the international community to protect them.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
In #Angola activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg by armed men while livestreaming at the first day of a strike in Luanda. He is held in arbitrary detention without medical treatment.
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In #Angola activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg by armed men while livestreaming at the first day of a strike in Luanda. He is held in arbitrary detention without medical treatment.
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Please help @amnestyuk.bsky.social free him.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
26 fisher families from the Barrancabermeja, #Columbia have forcibly displaced after threats to their safety.
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
26 fisher families from the Barrancabermeja, #Columbia have forcibly displaced after threats to their safety.
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
26 fisher families from the Barrancabermeja, #Columbia have forcibly displaced after threats to their safety.
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
26 fisher families from the Barrancabermeja, #Columbia have forcibly displaced after threats to their safety.
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Fishing federation president Yuly Velásquez has received direct death threats to her phone.
Help @amnestyuk.bsky.social protect them.
www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...
Reposted by Brighton Amnesty International
Israel and the US are boycotting the UN-hosted event, but other countries are building on an earlier declaration.
Israel-Palestine two-state solution summit to be held as recognitions surge
Israel and the US are boycotting the UN-hosted event, but other countries are building on an earlier declaration.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Israel and the US are boycotting the UN-hosted event, but other countries are building on an earlier declaration.