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Jun 8 2017 10:00PM
The 50 best protest songs ever

Protest songs have appeared in popular music since before most can remember. From Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ lamenting KKK lynchings back in 1939, through Dylan, roots reggae, punk, nu metal and pretty much any genre you can...

Jun 8 2017 10:00PM
What human rights activists look like

What do you picture when you think of human rights activists? Whatever you might think, the reality of activism is that it comes in all different shapes, faiths, races, genders, ages and sexualities. One common misconception...

Jun 8 2017 10:00PM
The best human rights films

We're lucky to live in a time when documentary makers have an amazing platform to create and broadcast important documentaries on human rights. Film is an incredible way not only to share information, but to help people emotionally...

Jun 8 2017 10:00PM
5 ways to make a difference right now

Feel powerless after GE 2017? You're not. With a new government it's more important than ever that we press them to protect human rights here and abroad. They're going to hear us from their first day until their last. Because we know...

Jun 6 2017 10:42AM
We Exist

It is two months since reports surfaced in the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that the Chechen authorities have been detaining, torturing and even killing gay men, as part of a deplorable campaign to purge the republic of...

May 30 2017 1:03PM
The most powerful tool against repression: educating people about their rights

Written by Krisztina Saroy, an advocate for human rights in West & Central Africa and Amnesty volunteer I could not have dreamt of anything more exciting than meeting former Amnesty prisoner of conscience Fred Bauma . Together with...

May 4 2017 11:14AM
What to watch on Netflix right now

Check out these eight unmissable films about human rights and the people who fight for them - all out on Netflix this Spring. 1. The White Helmets When bombs rain down from the sky, the volunteers of the Syrian Civil Defence come to...

Apr 28 2017 12:19PM
How President Trump has threatened human rights in his first 100 days

As Donald Trump’s first 100 days in power come to a close, we’ve rounded up some of the ways he has threatened human rights in the US and around the world. The threat to our rights and freedoms still remains – but so does our...

Apr 26 2017 6:23PM
When football welcomed refugees

By Naomi Westland, Press & PR Manager at Amnesty UK Eighty years ago today, when General Franco ordered Nazi planes to drop 22 tons of explosives on Guernica during the Spanish Civil War - killing hundreds of civilians and leaving the...

Apr 13 2017 6:07PM
Six must-reads on human rights in the wake of President Trump

There’s no shortage of reading material out there for anyone with an interest in how the 45th President of the United States is faring in his new role. In just a couple of months, he’s pushed through a series of repressive executive...

Apr 12 2017 4:25PM
Amnesty's Digital Product Roadmap

When we launched the new amnesty.org.uk in November 2013 we knew it would never be truly finished. The old cycle of building a website leaving it for five years and building another one had been smashed. This site represents a...

Apr 4 2017 4:23PM
New Local Group Websites - Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about local group websites. For even more information please download the user guide (PDF). How do I log in to my website? If you are the designated administrator for your group...

Mar 2 2017 7:22PM
Good news: Sara Beltran Hernandez has been released!

UPDATE: 2 March 2017 Sara Beltran Hernandez, a 26-year-old mother who fled violence in El Salvador and has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas for 15 months, has been released from detention to be with...

Feb 21 2017 5:08PM
Three years and counting for exercising his right to freedom of speech: Free Leopoldo Lopez

By Graham Minter, Amnesty's Country Coordinator for South America On an exceptionally warm and sunny February day, we gathered outside the Venezuelan Embassy to deliver a petition with 2400 signatures collected from Amnesty supporters...

Feb 20 2017 3:49PM
Resisting the ban

On seeing the news on Saturday morning, I couldn’t believe it. Sure, he’d talked about it throughout his election campaign, but Trump’s Executive Order on Friday suddenly made that dangerous, toxic, divisive rhetoric real. And in doing...

Feb 9 2017 7:38PM
UPDATE: Hamid Ahmadi's execution has been stayed!

UPDATE - 14/02/2017 We have just learned that Hamid Ahmadi’s execution has been stayed. The authorities have informed his family that they have stopped all plans to execute him. We understand that this development has come about...

Jan 26 2017 5:54PM
Demand that Theresa May raises human rights with President Trump

It’s been a rollercoaster of a week. It was never going to be otherwise. As Donald Trump fulfils some of his manifesto promises and tramples over the rights of people around the world in the process, we need our Prime Minister to...

Jan 26 2017 4:49PM
Does writing to your MP actually work?

Would it surprise you to know that politicians are considered less trustworthy than journalists and estate agents? In its annual survey of trusted professions, Ipsos MORI reported only 21% of respondents claimed they would generally...

Dec 22 2016 5:02PM
33 Reasons to be positive about 2016

You could be forgiven for joining many others in writing off 2016 as a terrible year, but, before you do, we would like to make a case to the contrary. Did you know, this year you helped us free more than 650 people – that’s nearly two...

Dec 7 2016 3:17PM
The ethical Christmas gift guide 2016

By Georgie White, our online retail manager. ‘Ethical shopping’ has come a long way in the last few years. No longer purely the realm of the most conscientious consumers, or hardcore hippies – fairtrade can be affordable, fashionable...

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