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Trump’s anticipated new Muslim ban is a gross miscalculationFor a year, Trump threatened to bar Muslims from entering the United States. So whatever lofty words Trump may use tomorrow to justify this as something other than a Muslim ban, it won’t matter. One month into the Trump administration, we have already…
Blog post 01 Mar 2017 -
The human rights violators’ playbook: how to respond to an Amnesty International reportAre you a government looking to deny evidence of human rights abuses? Start here.
Blog post 28 Feb 2017 -
Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s claim about child refugees could not be further from the truthWhen the Home Secretary announced the government would end its scheme to bring lone child refugees already in Europe to the UK, she claimed it was because it encourages children to make dangerous journeys and benefits smugglers. This could not be further…
Blog post 22 Feb 2017 -
Three years and counting for exercising his right to freedom of speech: Free Leopoldo LopezWe took over 2,000 signatures of support to the Venezuelan Embassy to call for the release of Leopoldo, a prisoner of conscience detained for his non-violent political activities
Blog post 21 Feb 2017 -
Resisting the banThe human impact of President Trump's hateful rhetoric becoming policy is all too real. But so is the resistance. We are looking at how people around the world are taking a stand.
Blog post 20 Feb 2017 -
Five questions the UK government must answer regarding arms to Saudi ArabiaAs we wait for the outcome of the legal challenge to the UK government's continuing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, here are five questions the UK government must answer. They owe it to us, and more so, to the people of Yemen.
Blog post 20 Feb 2017 -
Donald Trump is alienating his most valuable alliesIn pushing this travel ban, Trump is alienating some of his most important allies in the fight against terror — the other people who have suffered at the hands of armed groups like the one calling itself Islamic State. Read our analysis.
Blog post 20 Feb 2017 -
Nazanin: A letter to my daughterNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, was at the airport returning to the UK when she was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and put in an Iranian prison. This is a translated version a letter Nazanin wrote to her daughter…
Blog post 09 Feb 2017 -
UPDATE: Hamid Ahmadi's execution has been stayed!Hamid Ahmadi is facing execution on Saturday 18 February for a crime he was charged with as a teenager - after being tortured in to a 'confession'. Tell Iran: don't execute Hamid Ahmadi.
Blog post 09 Feb 2017 -
The US war on Muslim refugeesWith the stroke of a pen, the President has banned Syrian refugees from the USA and prevented anyone (including refugees) from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the USA. Our Secretary-General blogs.
Blog post 30 Jan 2017 -
Does writing to your MP actually work?Blog post 26 Jan 2017
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Trump’s global gag is a devastating blow for women’s rightsJust days after the huge demonstrations for women's rights around the globe, US President Donald Trump put the rights of women at risk by reinstating the so-called 'global gag rule'. We explain what that is and why it's incredibly dangerous for women's…
Blog post 26 Jan 2017 -
Demand that Theresa May raises human rights with President TrumpAs Donald Trump fulfils some of his manifesto promises and tramples over the rights of people around the world in the process, we need our Prime Minister Theresa May to commit to standing up for those rights.
Blog post 26 Jan 2017 -
Standing up for human rights under President Trump’s administrationThe eyes of the world are on Washington DC as a new U.S. president takes the oath of office. Donald J. Trump and his administration will assume responsibility for upholding the laws of the land – including the United States’ obligations to protect human…
Blog post 20 Jan 2017 -
Good news! Review of UK legal aid cuts finally announcedThe UK government has pledged to look at the devastating impact of legal aid cuts in recent years
Blog post 19 Jan 2017 -
What does a Trump administration mean for women around the world?The environment for women’s rights activism today looks very different from just a year ago, and with the new Trump administration on the cards, woman and girls must brace themselves for the next four years – it could get ugly.
Blog post 18 Jan 2017 -
Time to stand against hate and division on both sides of the AtlanticDonald Trump's toxic rhetoric on immigration has caused fear and uncertainty within many communities, and encouraged extremists advocating xenophobia and hatred. But resistance and solidarity does offer hope to those most at risk.
Blog post 18 Jan 2017 -
33 Reasons to be positive about 2016Blog post 22 Dec 2016
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Living in colour: life as a humanitarian nurse and campaigner for refugeesBlog post 13 Dec 2016
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Peng Ming, Life and Death of a Political Prisoner in ChinaBlog post 12 Dec 2016
