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The UN has found ‘grave and systematic’ violations of disabled people’s human rights here in the UK. Globally, over 1 billion people are disabled and governments across the world marginalize us far too often.

Our Disabled People’s Human Rights Network brings together activists from all over the UK to claim our rights and fight for disabled people everywhere.

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Jun 30 2025 4:37PM
OPINION: Labour Is Violating Human Rights with Disability Benefits Cuts

PIP cuts send a clear message: work or die.

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Jun 21 2025 12:24AM
Amnesty International Activist-Led UN Network - WHO WE ARE!

Amnesty International Activist-Led UN Network Human rights are universal . They are underpinned by the instruments and laws of the United Nations (UN). One of Amnesty International UK’s priority strategy objectives is to support and...

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

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May 31 2025 8:03PM
Defending the right to protest - against genocide in Gaza

Speech by Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International, at a protest in Belfast against the genocide in Gaza being perpetrated by Israel. The protest, outside Barclays Bank, was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity, 31 May 2025.

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Shao Jiang, a former prisoner of conscience for his active role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, is a committed activist-scholar, who lives and works in exile in London. The academic interests focus on politics and media, social movement, democratisation, feminism, law in PRC and Hong Kong, autonomy & sovereignty & self-determination, international human rights mechanisms, comparative studies on development models and political institutions, theory and practice of Civil Society. Publications include Citizen Publications in China before the Internet (Palgrave, 2015).

 

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May 30 2025 7:37AM
London Vigil to Mark Tiananmen Massacre 36 Years On

A candlelight vigil will be held opposite the PRC Embassy in London to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and commemorate victims of the Tiananmen Massacre. Time: Wednesday 4 June 2025, 8-10pm Venue: Chinese...

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We're the human rights education team at Amnesty International UK.

 

We'll be blogging on how we can help you connect campaigning to the classroom, bring human rights to life, and other education news. And please ask us questions and let us know what you'd like to see more of!