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British national, Alaa, has been wrongly imprisoned in Egypt since 2021, having already spent time behind bars. His sister Sanaa is desperate for the British authorities to act now to help free Alaa. Here she explains her experience.
Although 2023 has felt, at times, to be a bleak year for human rights, there have been many inspiring moments of hope. Read a snapshot of just some of the ways humanity won in 2023.
Hidden amongst the Victims and Prisoners Bil is a dangerous removal of Human Rights Act protections from prisoner release decisions. This erodes access to justice rights applying to all
Blog written by Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive: In the past week, the right to peaceful protest has made front-page news. But in reality, the attack on the right to protest has been ongoing for years...
It's simple: the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) protects us all. We all want a society where our families are protected by the law. No matter our postcode, where we come from or what we look like, in the UK the ECHR...
Ahmad Helmi, human rights defender, survivor & manager of Ta'afi, writes on the historic win at the United Nations to find the 100'000+ missing Syrians since 2011 for International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023
Our fight to protect human rights for us all is growing strong. And we’re just getting started. Here are 6 human rights wins in the past 6 months.
We recently took a Parliamentary delegation to the occupied West Bank and Israel. Our visit gave us a glimpse into the daily reality of Palestinian life under the Israeli authorities' racist system of apartheid.
Who was Sarina Esmailzadeh? She was a brave, creative & inspiring young woman, who on 2 July 2023 would turn 17th. But on September 21 2022, she was tragically killed at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces.
As the UK is set to bring together world leaders to act on sexual violence in conflict the government must be transparent about the double standards towards victims.
Anti-protest arrests made on Saturday provide real life examples of those warnings coming to fruition, demonstrating why it’s imperative that these draconian and repressive anti-protests laws are scrapped at the earliest opportunity.
If you're concerned about the UK's latest immigration bill, you're not alone. The bill has sparked outrage and is inhumane, divisive, and racist. It carries far-reaching consequences that threaten to dismantle our asylum system and...
The UK Government's Public Order bill has passed. Find out what this means below: Today (26 April 2023) the final stages of the Public Order Bill finally passed the House of Lords. The bill will introduce yet more draconian powers to...
The UK Government's latest immigration bill not only threatens to dismantle our asylum system, but also carries alarming implications for families, children, citizenship and human rights. With far-reaching consequences, this bill...
By Mansour Omari* This March marks the 12th anniversary of the Syrian revolution. It is, as ever, an occasion for remembrance, sadness, and defiance, but also urgent action. These anniversaries are an occasion to mourn the loss of our...
This blog was written by Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK Chief Executive Yet another bleak start to the year for Palestinians After an exceptionally bloody start to the year in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories, we...
The Human Rights Act is an invisible safety net for all of us, working to ensure our rights are respected, and a crucial means of defence for the most vulnerable. But why do we need the Human Rights Act?
2022: A horrible year. What’s next? 2022 was the year in which everything changed and yet everything stayed the same. Priti Patel began the year as Home Secretary. Suella Braverman finished the year in that post. And Grant Shapps made...