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Campaigns and Issues
Global campaign

I Welcome Refugees

Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are often scapegoated by politicians and the media for a whole range of problems. We want to dispel these exploitative myths and work to create a fair and effective system.

We also help protect the most vulnerable migrants and refugees from being abused by their employers, traffickers and smugglers.
Tep Vanny
Tep Vanny
Global campaign

Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) around the world are increasingly under threat. They are smeared, stigmatised, jailed and sometimes killed by their governments. Learn more about these brave people.

Action for individuals

We defend people who have been or are at risk of being denied their human rights and stand beside those who defend rights.

People like you have sent appeals to authorities and messages of hope to those denied their rights for 54 years. You've helped free political prisoners, stop death sentences and prevent torture. Who needs your help right now?

Human Rights in the UK

From Brexit to local policing, and from the Human Rights Act to hate crimes, there are a range of human rights issues to consider within the UK.

We believe its crucial that we keep fighting for fundamental and hard-won rights here at home.
priority campaign

Israel and Palestine

The undercurrent of violence, abuses of fundamental human rights and disregard for international humanitarian law that have marked over 40 years of Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are now firmly entrenched. We campaign for human rights for all in the region.

Human Rights Act

The Human Rights Act is a powerful tool. It brings home fundamental, universal rights we all have as human beings, and allows us to challenge authorities if they violate them.

Attacked by some, misreported by others and misunderstood by many – it’s time to spread the message that human rights matter.
Simulation of Belarus execution. C. Amnesty International
Simulation of Belarus execution. C. Amnesty International

Death penalty

Last year alone, over 607 people were executed by their government. Many more executions were carried out in secret - including unknown numbers of state-sponsored deaths in China and North Korea.

The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, which is why we're working for an end to its use - everywhere.

Syria

Over 100,000 men, women and Children have been killed since the crackdown on peaceful protests first began in Syria in March 2011.

In the last three years, barely a week has gone by when the situation in the country has not made the headlines. Find out what we have been doing to try and end the crisis.

Iraq

Killings and abductions by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) are mounting since the group seized parts of north-west Iraq.

Thousands are fleeing their homes, gripped by panic and fear in this rapidly unfolding crisis. Our researcher, Donatella Rovera, is on the ground, gathering evidence of the mounting atrocities.
Amnesty activists at London Pride 2012
Amnesty activists at London Pride 2012

LGBTI rights

Do gay people have fewer human rights than heterosexual people? Of course not. And yet it's a crime to be gay in at least 78 countries today. In some, it can get you executed. From the UK to Uganda, we're working to end discrimination in society and in the law. But we need your help.

Women's human rights

There are many human rights that are routinely denied to women and girls, just because of their sex. Our women's human rights work aims to make sure that women and girls are protected in law and practice so that they can be equal and free, no matter where they live.
Copyright REUTERS
Copyright REUTERS

Mass surveillance

Your government knows a lot about you. It's likely that they are storing your private emails, calls, internet searches, locations, and more. The UK is one of the main culprits.
We have a right to privacy and free speech, which mass surveillance violates. In the wrong hands, our sensitive information can be used against us, and endanger our lives.

Free speech

Free speech is the right to say whatever you like about whatever you like, whenever you like, right? Wrong.

Free speech is one of our most important rights and one of the most misunderstood. Use your free speech to speak out for those that are denied theirs. But use it responsibly, it is a powerful thing.

United States of America

Since President Trump came into office he has pushed through a series of dangerous policies that threaten the human rights of millions of people. Racism and discrimination have no place in the US or elsewhere in the world.

We're ready to stand against any roll back of our fundamental freedoms.

North Korea

North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where hundreds of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured.

All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone attempting to assert their rights is crushed.
A woman holds a placard reading 'In solidarity, in defiance'
A woman holds a placard reading 'In solidarity, in defiance'

Middle East and North Africa

2011 was a year without precedent for people in the Middle East and North Africa. It was a year in which millions flooded onto the streets to demand change.

But the struggle for human rights is ongoing, and we continue to campaign alongside those peacefully standing up for freedom.
Oil spill in Bodo, Nigeria
Oil spill in Bodo, Nigeria

Businesses and corporates

Wherever they're based, companies should meet certain standards - and protect and respect the rights of people who work for and with them. But many businesses do not. We investigate who's cutting corners at the expense of human rights, and campaign for change. Find out who's guilty, and how you can help.

Technology and Human Rights

Technology is creating new ways to abuse human rights - from fueling discrimination, to allowing companies and governments to violate our right to privacy. Find out what we're doing to make sure technology works to protect human rights, rather than help authorities abuse them.