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Apr 16 2018 5:18PM
Seventy years after Windrush

The Home Office has finally responded to mounting pressure over its disgraceful indifference to Commonwealth citizens, whose lives have been turned upside down several decades after they first settled in the UK. But is it enough?

Apr 16 2018 5:18PM
The Windrush scandal - just the tip of the iceberg

Unless the government faces up to the past, injustices like those suffered by the Windrush generation are certain to be repeated.

Apr 14 2018 10:00AM
Syria military intervention: 6 key points to help protect civilians

Several governments have begun military action against Syria. Whatever happens, they must protect civilian life.

Apr 12 2018 2:26PM
Join our #TrollPatrol

Join our army of digital volunteers exposing sexist, racist and other abuse against women on #ToxicTwitter

Apr 12 2018 12:57PM
Prolonged detention and rejected applications are all too common for LGBTI asylum seekers like Sadat I. from Ghana.

This blog was written by Alex Wainwright, Education Officer and North East and Yorkshire Outreach Lead for Amnesty UK’s LGBTI Network Homosexuality remains illegal in 72 countries, of which 45 have laws applying to women as well as men...