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Cara and Amanda - denied their right to marry
Cara and Amanda - denied their right to marry
LGBTI rights

Demand marriage equality in Northern Ireland

Just like Cara McCann and Amanda McGurk, there are thousands in Northern Ireland denied the right to marry. Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK where it is still illegal for same-sex couples to wed. Tell Theresa May to outlaw discrimination against the LGBTI community by legalising equal marriage in Northern Ireland.
Azza Soliman
Azza Soliman
Women's Rights

Egypt: Drop absurd charges against Azza Soliman

Azza Soliman faces years in prison simply for standing up for the basic rights of women in Egypt. Take action now to secure her freedom.
Demonstration calling for the closure of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Essex, 18 November 2017 Natasha Quarmby/REX/Shutterstock
Demonstration calling for the closure of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Essex, 18 November 2017 Natasha Quarmby/REX/Shutterstock
UK Rights

End inhumane overuse of detention now

While his children were asleep upstairs, immigration officers filled Chris’ home and took him away. He wasn’t even given the chance to say goodbye. This is the UK and this is the human cost of our immigration detention policies. Help end this now.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Help get Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is in prison in Iran, but she hasn't committed a crime. Join thousands of others in calling for her immediate release and help get Nazanin home.
Ahed Tamimi in court
Ahed Tamimi in court
Israel and Palestine

URGENT: Release Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi

Urge Israel to free Ahed, a 17-year-old Palestinian activist outrageously sentenced to 8 months in prison. Her continued detention cannot be justified - she must be released immediately.
A patient in Eastern Ghouta
A patient in Eastern Ghouta
Syria

Syria: Evacuate patients urgently needing care

Over 700 patients are trapped in Syria – they need urgent medical care, but they're not getting it. Some have already died waiting. Demand that the Syrian authorities evacuate the rest of them now.
Taner Kılıç and family
Taner Kılıç and family
Urgent

Turkey: Free rights defender Taner Kılıç

Taner Kılıç is jailed in Turkey, wrongly accused of belonging to a 'terrorist' group. Tell the Turkish authorities to drop the charges and immediately release him.
#ToxicTwitter
#ToxicTwitter
Online violence

Jack Dorsey: clean up #ToxicTwitter

#ToxicTwitter claims to champion free expression, but women face a barrage of violence & abuse on the platform every day. Click to learn more & tell Twitter to clean up their act.
Crisis

Stop the violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar

Reports are flooding in of killings, rape and massacres by the Myanmar security forces, as satellite images suggest that entire villages have been burned. Take action and demand the authorities ends the shocking violence now.
Female patient sitting alone on hospital bed
Female patient sitting alone on hospital bed
UK rights

Northern Ireland: Abortion is not a crime

Northern Ireland is the only area of the UK where abortion is still illegal in most cases - a grave betrayal of women and girls. Take action now to demand change.
Violent struggle between Palestinian man and Israeli officials
Violent struggle between Palestinian man and Israeli officials
Israel and Palestine

Ban trade with Israel's illegal settlements

Palestinians are being forced from their homes, detained and killed – all to make way for more illegal Israeli settlements. And the UK government is doing little to stop it. Urge them to ban Israeli settlement goods now.
Tell Egypt: End the homophobic persecution
Tell Egypt: End the homophobic persecution
lgbti rights

Egypt: End the homophobic persecution

The raising of a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo on 22 September 2017 has sparked a wave of arrests that saw at least 57 people detained solely on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation. Five of them have been subjected to anal examinations. Tell Egypt to end their homophobic campaign.
Tell EU leaders: don't force them in to Libya
Tell EU leaders: don't force them in to Libya
i welcome refugees

Stop the detention and selling of refugees and migrants in Libya

By forcing refugees back in to currently unsafe Libya, EU governments are leaving vulnerable refugees at risk of torture, rape and enslavement. Tell EU leaders to put lives before borders.
Esther Kiobel
Esther Kiobel
Justice

Support Esther's battle for justice against Shell

In a real life David vs Goliath face-off, Esther Kiobel is taking oil giant, Shell to court in a final fight for justice for the execution of her husband, environmental activist Dr Barinem Kiobel. Tell Shell you're with Esther.
Executed Somalian boys
Executed Somalian boys
Torture

Demand justice for boys tortured and jailed for life

When two Somalian teenagers were arrested they were were violently tortured – reporting electrocutions, genital mutilation, drownings, beatings and rape. Now they face life in prison after being forced into a confession. Demand they are released or have a fair retrial.

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