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Blog by Claire Gibson - AF Committee member. Late last month, Adolescence creator Jack Thorne addressed Parliament to discuss misogyny among men and boys. He told the Women and Equalities Committee the “real problem” is tech firms...
Blog by Rachel Gavaghan, AF committee member The SAVE Act: A Direct Threat to Women’s Voting Rights The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, and its implications...
Blog by Nigina Istanakzai-Zarifi The voices of Afghan women and girls have long been silenced under the oppressive rule of the Taliban. Their rights to education, employment, and basic freedoms have been systematically stripped away...
Blog by Astrea Kumaradas There’s been quite a lot of focus on climate change in the last few years - discussions on what we can do to prevent global warming, misinformation (unfortunately), and pledges to move towards a more carbon...
Blog by Livia Amato On August 15 th , 2021, the Taliban regained control of Kabul following the US withdrawal. Almost instantly, Afghan women’s rights were severely curtailed. As the third anniversary of this takeover approaches, it is...
This is a disturbing and escalating story. Bangladesh is witnessing a deadly crackdown against student protesters. The heavy-handed response from the authorities has resulted in several hundred deaths of students, journalists and...
Why this year I’ll be at the Dyke March and not ‘Pride in London’.
Blog by Helen Moulinos, Amnesty UK member & Amnesty Vice-Chair Board of Trustees Twitter: @HelenMoulinos We are all equal, right? Or are we? Five decades of well-meaning (but inefficient) gender equality legislation, and we remain...
The following is an excerpt from a report by Bernhard Hertlein of Amnesty International Germany. World's largest refugee camp in Kutupalong Bangladesh alone took in nearly one million Rohingya in August 2017 and the months that...
Blog by Jerry Allen, Country Coordinator for Bangladesh In 2017, almost one million Rohingya were forced into Bangladesh. The conditions that these refugees are being detained in are getting worse. Most of them still live in Kutupalong...
Blog by Cherry Bird, Bisma and SJ Ali Most people know very little about “Kashmir”. At best, they may associate the region with a long-standing India vs Pakistan conflict way up in the snowy Himalayan mountains around the “Line of...
Blog by Nigina Istanakzai-Zarifi, the Country Coordinator for Afghanistan The Taliban promised it will be different this time. When they first surged into Kabul people were told that they had nothing to fear as there will be no threats...
Blog by Jerry Allen and Nigina Istanakzai-zarifi - Country Coordinators During Refugee week we should consider the millions of refugees who continue to live in very poor conditions, without hope of being able to travel to Europe. We...
The experience of refugees and refugee families arriving in Europe is something most of us will never fully be able to understand. Much of what we hear is so far beyond our experience that it is difficult to fully process what we are...
Serena Jemmett has over 5 years experience with Amnesty International, as a member of a school group, our Youth Advisory Group and our Children's Human Rights Network committee. In these roles and others, and during this time, Serena...
The Government have announced they will scrap the zip card - which offers free transport for under 18s in London. The move comes as part of the COVID-19 bailout package for Transport For London - and the Government believes it will...
Blog by Russell Pilling, Children's Human Rights Network Committee Member The national discussion around children during the coronavirus crisis, or at least the discussion the government would like us to have, has largely focused on...
Written by Sheila Royce - Country Coordinator Berta Cáceres, tenacious environmental and human rights activist, was shot dead in her own home in Honduras in March 2016. Having campaigned tirelessly to protect indigenous communities on...
Blog by Katherine Walton, Chair of the Amnesty Children's Human Rights Network ‘COVID-Summer Food Fund Announced thanks to 22 year-old Marcus Rashford - let’s keep up the pressure to make sure children have their right to food realised...
Shining a light on the hidden victims during this pandemic