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Hillsborough football ground

Hillsborough football ground

The Human Rights Act helps us hold authorities to account when things go wrong. When 96 people lost their lives in a crush at Hillsborough football ground in 1989, the fans were blamed. The Human Rights Act enabled the families of those who died to reveal the truth.

But scrapping the Human Rights Act is still on the government’s to-do list. Help us protect it - sign the petition.

Your human rights

The Human Rights Act protects our fundamental rights and allows us to challenge authorities if they violate them. You might not have used it, but it's there if you need it.

These are your rights, protected by the Human Right Act.

Eight reasons why the Human Rights Act makes the UK a better place

What did the Human Rights Act ever do for us? Quite a bit, really...

The Human Rights Act: Explained

The Human Rights Act brings home fundamental, universal rights we all have as human beings, and allows us to challenge authorities if they violate them. If you’re lucky you won’t ever need to use it in a court. But it’s protecting you all the same.

Our rights at home

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. See how we're fighting for our fundamental rights here at home.

Reviving the Bill of Rights is dangerous, ill-advised, and damaging for this country

Rishi Sunak must drop this Bill of Rights once and for all. It seems that the only person who wants this Bill of Rights is Dominic Raab. Bringing the bill back now, after it has been dropped and roundly condemned on all sides.

Why protest matters

10 famous protests the Policing Bill would've threatened

Find out which 10 famous protests might never have happened under the Government's Policing Bill. These examples show how vital protest is for our democracy.

Take part in the Human Rights Act Consultation

The UK goverment has launched a consultation on proposals to replace the Human Rights Act. They want to replace it with a 'Bill of Rights' that would dramatically weaken our ability to hold the government and authorities to account. Please respond to the consultation, to show the government that people across the UK want to save our Human Rights Act.

Black Lives Matter and the Right to Protest

Looking back at the BLM marches, it’s clear that the largest anti-racist protests in over a century should be celebrated – not used as an excuse to extend police powers, take away our freedoms and further entrench institutional racism.

UK: Removing human rights laws in Rwanda asylum bill is 'callous and immoral'

We strongly urge Parliament to reject this bill - it breaches international law, plain and simple

The Immigration Bill

14,000 people took action to stop the cruel immigration bill

Thanks to the thousands of you who took action calling on Rishi Sunak to stop the cruel immigration bill

Stop the cruel Immigration Bill

Many thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action calling on the UK to stop arming the Saudi-led coalition. Your response has been incredible.

Troubles Bill: All cards are on table for Irish government taking UK to court

Amnesty and Troubles victims made call for legal challenge in meeting with Tánaiste Micheál Martin ahead of 25th anniversary of Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

UK: Government is ‘bulldozing’ UK human rights - global human rights review

Government is systematically dismantling core protections

23 reasons why we need the Human Rights Act

23 reasons why we need The Human Rights Act

UK: Amnesty and Liberty stunt calls for dangerous bill of ‘rights’ to be scrapped

Two of the UK’s biggest human rights organisations take over ads on ConservativeHome and LabourList to urge the Government to ditch Bill of Rights Bill

Northern Ireland: Irish government urged to bring UK government to European Court if Troubles bill becomes law

Amnesty and Troubles victims give evidence to joint Irish Parliamentary committee

UK: Rishi Sunak needs to ‘break decisively’ with predecessors’ anti-human rights policies

Response to the appointment of the new Prime Minister: 'Rishi Sunak needs to break decisively with the anti-human rights policies of his predecessors' - Sacha Deshmukh

UK: New Prime Minister must make ‘clean break’ with Johnson years on human rights

Amnesty UK Chief Executive writing to new PM with offer of meeting to discuss ‘new agenda on rights’

UK: Changes to key human rights laws need to be shelved till new Prime Minister is in place

This Government does not have the legitimacy to push ahead with highly controversial Bill of Rights and Northern Ireland Troubles bills

Human Rights Act

The Human Rights Act

Find out more about the Human Rights Act and how it's under threat

Protests for racial justice face ongoing challenge from Policing Bill

40 years since racialised communities revolted at police violence and a year since Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the right to protest used on these occasions is now under threat from the Policing Bill.

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