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Welcome to our priority campaigns blog, with the latest news and more indepth analysis of our bigger campaigns.

Our priorities change as human rights changes around the world, and right now we're focusing on our Stop Torture, My Body, My Rights, and Save the Human Rights Act campaigns. But you'll also find comments and updates on our work on Syria, LGBTI rights and human rights abuses by corporate companies.

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Apr 3 2024 8:13PM
Life in Gaza - Horror Everywhere

By Aya Al-Ghazzawi I believe that notorious colonialist Winston Churchill said that British people are the only people who like to be told how bad things are. Well, to put it mildly, things are bad in Gaza—how does that make you feel...

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The Women's Action network (WAN) exists to work for women everywhere subjected to, or struggling against, gender-based violence and discrimination.

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Mar 8 2024 3:11PM
We need Gender Justice to close the inequality gap here in the UK

Blog by Helen Moulinos, Amnesty UK member & Amnesty Vice-Chair Board of Trustees Twitter: @HelenMoulinos We are all equal, right? Or are we? Five decades of well-meaning (but inefficient) gender equality legislation, and we remain...

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Amnesty works on almost every country on the planet. Our volunteer country specialists help us keep on top of reports and research about human rights abuses, and this is their take on our work.

Latest post
Feb 13 2024 10:35AM
TOURISTS ARE SAFE IN KASHMIR BUT NOT KASHMIRIS

So, when someone asks if it is it safe to go to Kashmir as a tourist, the answer is, yes tourists are safe in Kashmir, but Kashmiris live in fear of a knock on the door.

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It's still illegal to be lesbian, gay, transexual or intersex in too many countries around the world.

As Amnesty's LGBTI Network, we're working for a world where who you love isn't used as an excuse to discriminate against you. We're all human and all equal!

Latest post
Feb 2 2024 4:31PM
Dan Glass: Standing on the shoulders of giants

This LGBT+ History Month, we are profiling the work of Dan Glass, an activist with AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), as well as a writer, performer and presenter.

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A Scottish angle on human rights and the human rights angle on Scotland.

Latest post
Jan 25 2024 2:24PM
Press Release: Scotland must 'show its workings' on International Relations and human rights

The Scottish Government must do more to show how the human rights records of states are considered in its international activity, Amnesty International has warned. Following the publication of the Scottish Government’s International...