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Community Organiser (Networks and Coordinators)

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Dec 10 2025 11:38AM
Garment Workers in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

When workers raise their voices, they are ignored; when they try to organise, they are threatened and fired; and when workers protest, they are beaten, shot at and arrested.

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Oct 29 2025 3:41PM
Civil Society Working Group 2026 Manifesto: A Call for Human Rights Action

Throughout the UK, we are witnessing a growing push-back against human rights. As living standards fall, public services strain and inequalities deepen, communities are becoming fragmented and are told there are not enough resources to...

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Oct 20 2025 5:52PM
Scotland Demands Better 2025

Scotland Demands Better is a campaign about ensuring everyone has access to life’s essentials. It recognises that too many people are living with breaches of fundamental, every day rights while governments look the other way. Access to...

About me

I'm the Northern Ireland Programme Director and Head of Nations & Regions at Amnesty International UK.

You'll find me on twitter: @PatrickCorrigan as well as Amnesty Northern Ireland: @AmnestyNI

Latest post
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.

About me

I am the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director at Amnesty International UK. My areas of expertise include forced migration, and UK policy and practice on immigration, asylum and citizenship where I have extensive experience. I have worked on successive immigration bills since 2006 and I wrote Amnesty’s response to the Home Office Windrush lessons learned review. Follow me @stevesymondsAI

Latest post
Jun 18 2024 10:00AM
Refugee Week 2024: What does Seeking Asylum have to do with Home?

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee & Migrant Rights Programme Director, explores the theme of this year’s Refugee Week: Home.