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We are the Anti-Racism Network. We contribute to the work of the thousands if not millions of people working to bring down racist structures and systems. Together we are stronger. 

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Mar 15 2025 1:22PM
Template Letter to Councillors - Scrap Prevent

Please use this template letter to email your councillor about the Prevent Duty.

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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.

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Mar 10 2025 12:43PM
Shattering Silence: The Urgent Call to Recognise Gender Apartheid and Empower Afghan Women and Girls

Blog by Nigina Istanakzai-Zarifi The voices of Afghan women and girls have long been silenced under the oppressive rule of the Taliban. Their rights to education, employment, and basic freedoms have been systematically stripped away...

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Human rights from a Northern Ireland perspective, from the Amnesty NI team.

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Mar 1 2025 4:29PM
Message to President Trump: Hands Off Gaza!

Text of speech by Patrick Corrigan to the 'Hands Off Gaza' rally outside the US Consulate General in Belfast, 1 March 2025

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Over the last 75 years, human rights have underpinned many of the positive transformations that the world has seen. Though we are currently facing many challenges, from unprecedented levels of homelessness to international conflict, we believe that starting with human rights is the way forward.

In this collection of essays, we bring together experts to present the case that, whatever the challenge, human rights provide solutions. Human rights are the answer.

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Feb 26 2025 9:56AM
On the Seductions of Technology and the Racialised Harms of the Criminal Legal System of England and Wales

Written by Dr Patrick Williams . The views expressed in this essay are the author’s own and not necessarily those of Amnesty International UK. On 15 September 2017, 11 young people from the central area of Greater Manchester, UK were...

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

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Feb 17 2025 12:00AM
Looking ahead to 2025: a critical year for human rights in Scotland

Amnesty International Scotland's Programme Director Neil Cowan writes about his hopes and ambitions for the Scottish human rights movement in 2025.