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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...

This year as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the global movement for gender justice and women’s rights continues to face both progress and challenges. Gender justice describes a...

First published in Human Rights Are The Answer blog I am a teacher with 15 years’ experience, working in schools in Reading, Leicester, and London. Almost a decade ago, I joined Amnesty International’s Teacher Advisory Group to support...

Text of speech by Patrick Corrigan to the 'Hands Off Gaza' rally outside the US Consulate General in Belfast, 1 March 2025

Written by Dr Patrick Williams . The views expressed in this essay are the author’s own and not necessarily those of Amnesty International UK. On 15 September 2017, 11 young people from the central area of Greater Manchester, UK were...