In February 2022 the DfE released new non-statutory guidance on political impartiality in schools which made it clear that ‘teaching about political issues, the different views people have, and the ways pupils can engage in our...
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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
Speech by Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International UK, to the Solidarity with Sudan vigil held at Belfast City Hall on June 10 2023
About me
I am the Military, Security and Police Programme Director at Amnesty International UK. I have 25 years’ experience working on the global arms trade and UK policing. I give evidence to various parliamentary committees and I am a member of the National Taser Stakeholder Advisory Group. In 2018, I was part of the Amnesty team that helped publicly expose serious flaws within the Met Police’s 'gangs matrix' database. Throughout the Yemen conflict I have provided expert comment on the UK’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
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.
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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
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...