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Nov 4 2024 9:20AM
What is the European Convention on Human Rights?

The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all - no matter who we are. Read more on why we must stand up for the ECHR and keep our rights protected.
Oct 23 2024 6:31PM
At a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum system
Image shows signs pointing in different directions and text overlay reads: UK asylum system at a crossroads

The UK asylum system is in desperate need of reform. Fairness and efficiency should be at its core.  We’ve outlined 5 key proposals that can help fix the broken system and ensure that every asylum claim is treated with respect and dignity. 
Mar 16 2024 9:00AM
"No one should be left behind"
Anoosheh stands handcuffed in a prison uniform with a fist raised defiantly in the air

Anoosheh Ashoori returned home to his family 2 years ago, on the 16th March 2022, after being unjustly imprisoned in Evin Prison, Iran. This is why he's still fighting to free all unjustly imprisoned British nationals abroad.

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Sep 8 2025 1:06PM
Pakistan’s Flood of Floods: Climate Crisis and Human Rights (Part 2)

Pakistan is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Its population of over 250 million suffers disproportionately from shifting weather patterns.

Sep 8 2025 12:58PM
Pakistan’s Flood of Floods: Climate Crisis and Human Rights (Part 1)

Pakistan is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Its population of over 250 million suffers disproportionately from shifting weather patterns.

Sep 3 2025 6:02PM
Amnesty welcomes halting of Scottish funding for defence companies involved in Israel

Reacting to the First Minister’s announcement that Scottish support for defence companies involved in Israel will be halted, Amnesty International’s acting Scotland Programme Director Liz Thomson said: “Amnesty has been calling on the...

Aug 27 2025 12:11PM
No Two Community Calls Are Alike

Creating Safe Spaces for Belonging and Co-Creation

Aug 22 2025 11:48AM
Disturbing Pattern of Politically Motivated Prosecutions

Since last August there has been a wave of prosecutions targeting individuals linked, or perceived to be linked, to the previous Awami League government.

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Your freedom and your rights are under threat - right here in the UK and across the world. Governments worldwide are imposing oppressive laws and cracking down on our freedoms, but together, we can fight back.

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