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Nov 4 2024 9:20AM
What is the European Convention on Human Rights?

The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all - no matter who we are. Read more on why we must stand up for the ECHR and keep our rights protected.
Oct 23 2024 6:31PM
At a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum system
Image shows signs pointing in different directions and text overlay reads: UK asylum system at a crossroads

The UK asylum system is in desperate need of reform. Fairness and efficiency should be at its core.  We’ve outlined 5 key proposals that can help fix the broken system and ensure that every asylum claim is treated with respect and dignity. 
Mar 16 2024 9:00AM
"No one should be left behind"
Anoosheh stands handcuffed in a prison uniform with a fist raised defiantly in the air

Anoosheh Ashoori returned home to his family 2 years ago, on the 16th March 2022, after being unjustly imprisoned in Evin Prison, Iran. This is why he's still fighting to free all unjustly imprisoned British nationals abroad.

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Aug 27 2010 2:55PM
Folk Against fascism

I am off to Shrewsbury Folk Festival later today and I hope to have something to report back of music that relates to human rights. Two years ago I wrote on this blog about some political songs that I had heard or sung at the festival...

Aug 26 2010 3:37PM
Edin to London: Roadkill wins Freedom of Expression Award 2010

I’ve just got back to the Edinburgh office from the ceremony to announce the 2010 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, and can happily announce that Cora Bissett’s ‘Roadkill’ was the winner. The play tackles the issue of...

Aug 25 2010 11:50AM
The governments Selfish behaviour on arms to Saudi Arabia

Sometimes it takes a twist to make something appealing, and one heavyweight TV programme that still sticks in my mind is the Will Self-fronted investigation into Britain’s arms industry from 2002. Though I’m no fan of his novels (his...

Aug 24 2010 6:21PM
Vedanta undermined! Tribal people victorious in India

Good news from the world of mining isn’t just coming in the form of improvised telephones for trapped miners in Chile. Today we learned that the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests has rejected a mining project proposed by UK...

Aug 24 2010 1:02PM
AI: Proposed China death penalty reforms may have no great impact on executions

Amnesty International warned today that proposed reforms of China’s applicationof the death penalty may not result in significantly fewer executions. Chinese government news agency Xinhua reported today that proposed amendmentsto China...

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