Our impact
Whether we're standing with communities, fighting for justice or working to free one person who has been unjustly imprisoned, we don’t back down. And neither do our 10 million supporters.
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A world where justice, freedom and equality come first is possible - but only if we fight for it.
Everything from our education, to our ability to live free from torture are rights that we enjoy because the generations that came before us took a stand.
But in the face of the anti-human rights movement, international conflict, and deepening inequality, the human rights we fought for are under threat.
Amnesty International exists so that a world where everyone can live freely, fairly and with dignity is possible.
For over 60 years, Amnesty and our 10 million supporters have been making sure that those in power uphold international law and protect human rights - for individuals, for communities, for us all.
Impact stories
As the world watched in horror at what was unfolding in Gaza, our research teams worked relentlessly to ensure that justice was possible for civilians living in Gaza, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.
For more than 60 years, Amnesty has shone a light on darkness, uncovered injustice and held perpetrators to account. Together we work tirelessly to document abuses, right wrongs, and show how things can be better. We use evidence to raise public awareness and persuade governments to act.
When Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 45-year-old British-Iranian journalist, was cruelly separated from her daughter and unjustly imprisoned in Iran, we supported the tireless efforts of Nazanin’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, to secure her release.
At Amnesty, we fight for the rights of everyone, everywhere. In the UK this means making the case for everyday rights - like the right to food, education, a safe place to live, healthcare and employment - to be enshrined in law.
Amnesty has consistently opposed new laws that crackdown on our protest rights, providing evidence to parliament, writing to MPs and Lords to urge them to reject anti-protest powers, and speaking out in the media about the dangers of the legislation.
Amnesty International UK research has exposed a growing anti-human rights movement in the UK, targeting our reproductive freedoms, our access to abortion, and the rights of LGBTI people. But we won't let them divide us. Together, we will speak out, stand up, and show up for each other.
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