Impact Reports and Annual Reviews

2025 was marked by a growing trend in authoritarianism around the world. Unfortunately, the UK is not immune. We have seen an unprecedented use of anti-terrorism legislation to crack down on protestors. We believe that authoritarianism is an existential threat to human rights and it’s why resisting it is now a priority for Amnesty International.

Nevertheless, our work also contributed to some significant successes in 2025:

• Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt, Nahid Taghavi in Iran and Angola’s Neth Nahara are just some of those released from detention following tenacious campaigning.
• Our investigations played a key role in the UN Security Council renewing the arms embargo in South Sudan.
• Our evidence on gender persecution in Afghanistan contributed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for high-ranking Taliban leaders.

To read more about Amnesty International UK’s response to human rights crises and much more, in the UK and around the world, check out our 2025 Impact Report.