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Briefing: King's Speech (May 2026)

Westminster and Big Ben

Overview

Amnesty International UK urges Parliamentarians to make interventions in support of Human Rights wherever possible after latest King's Speech.

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This briefing includes information on the following issues:

  • Social Security Sanctions and Hunger
  • Tackling Food Insecurity
  • Palantir’s contract with the NHS to deliver the Federated Data Platform
  • Defending Human Rights for Everyone
  • European Convention on Human Rights
  • Opposing anti-human rights actors
  • Policing
  • Conversion Practices
  • Asylum and Women, Peace and Security
  • Asylum policy and decision making
  • Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory – action to counter settlement expansion
  • Transnational Repression
  • British National Ahmed al-Doush detained in Saudi Arabia
  • Conflict in the Middle East
  • Sudan
Everyday rights

In the UK today too many people are missing out on the key building blocks for a fair and dignified life. It should not be this way. That’s why Amnesty is campaigning to change UK law so our everyday rights are protected.

European Convention on Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights gives all of us the tools to demand we are treated fairly and with dignity in our society. Some politicians want to pull the UK out of the ECHR and roll back our rights.

Business & human rights

Businesses must respect the rights of the people who work for them, but many do not. We investigate who's cutting corners at the expense of human rights.