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May 5 2017 10:39AM
Under pressure – UK arms sales to Saudi

By Lucy Wake - Government and Political Relations Manager, Amnesty UK If we have learnt anything from the suffragettes, global human rights movements or gay rights campaigners it must be this. Change is not inevitable. Change is hard...

May 4 2017 11:14AM
What to watch on Netflix right now

Check out these eight unmissable films about human rights and the people who fight for them - all out on Netflix this Spring. 1. The White Helmets When bombs rain down from the sky, the volunteers of the Syrian Civil Defence come to...

May 2 2017 5:49PM
Good news: your latest human rights victories

Written by Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK. The Prime Minister has called an election. Elections have a tendency to twist reality into toxic rhetoric, which has proven recently to have grave consequences. We won't...

Apr 28 2017 12:31PM
UK: The Price of Citizenship

Citizenship – what does it mean to you? For many it’s about identity, inclusion and human rights. For children in the UK, access to citizenship can have an enormous impact on their rights and futures. An estimated 120,000 children...

Apr 28 2017 12:19PM
How President Trump has threatened human rights in his first 100 days

As Donald Trump’s first 100 days in power come to a close, we’ve rounded up some of the ways he has threatened human rights in the US and around the world. The threat to our rights and freedoms still remains – but so does our...