Amnesty International UK

Fighting for human rights wherever they're being denied. Worldwide there's 7 million of us - and we'd like you to join us.

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NEW RESEARCH: Exposing the anti-trans networks

A hostile environment against trans people did not emerge overnight.

Amnesty’s new research traces the rise of the UK’s “gender critical” movement and the role the media have played in normalising anti-trans narratives.

Anti-trans movements are increasingly connected to wider anti-trans networks like the US organisation the Alliance Defending Freedom which worked to overturn Roe vs Wade and access to abortion care.

When the rights of one group are eroded, the consequences never stop there.

Solidarity matters.

For those who want to take our rights away, it's their worst nightmare.

Trans rights are human rights. Read the research: https://amn.st/6130B88p0Y

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An unelected all-male village council in India has ruled that two sisters must be raped after their brother eloped with a married woman. Nothing can justify this abhorrent punishment.

Over 40,000 of you have already signed our petition and our site cannot cope - so we've made a temporary version! Please take action, share and encourage your friends to get involved.

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Sadly Shafqat Hussain was the 200th person to be executed in Pakistan this year - the latest in a worrying surge. In eight months Pakistan has killed as many people as 11 countries managed in all of 2014.  The death penalty is never the answer. And we'll keep fighting to end it, worldwide

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Some of you have probably already read the newest Zen Pencils comic, featuring Atena Farghadani, who was sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison for drawing a political cartoon and posting it on Facebook.

While in prison, Atena was beaten for painting on flattened paper cups.  In November, she was released, but after speaking publicly about the beatings and bodily searched she endured in prison, was rearrested.  In January Atena went on a hunger strike and a month later was put into a hospital after suffering a heart attack.  Now, she has less than two weeks to make an appeal for her sentence.   

Yesterday, the Washington Post made an open call to artists to speak out through art during the next two weeks.  #Draw4Atena

#Draw4Atena

Pen on Styrofoam

Photo reference is from a still from a youtube video

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Imprisoned for a cartoon. Add your support for Atena Farghadani.

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#Draw4Atena

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Join our calls to Free Atena Farghandani - add your drawings to #draw4atena 

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Shafqat could be executed tomorrow - despite a tortured 'confession' got from him when he was still a child.

Our campaigners have asked us to flood the Pakistan authorities with public messages - so we're targeting their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Join us and send a message asking them to intervene and halt the execution.

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Now China's been awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, will we see a repeat of their 2008 human rights crackdown?

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Sometimes it's good to get the wider picture. This is what 'Tank Man' stood in front of, the day after hundreds of protesters were killed in Tienanmen Square. China has never acknowledged the full events around 4 June 1989. Get the details: http://amnesty.org.uk/issues/china

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Amazing! In just 12 hours you’ve fully-funded our people-powered ad in The Times. THANK YOU!

Now we want to go further and reach even more people and politicians - with a second, full-page ad in The Telegraph. Please help us get there - pledge, share and spread the word that we’re proud of our human rights!

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Our human rights are at risk and we need to send a clear message to the government: we don't want our human rights diluted or restricted. We need your help to get a full-page ad in The Times - the paper Michael Gove used to work at. Help fund the ad and get your name in it.

Find out more about why we're so worried about the government's plans on the Human Rights Act

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A lot has happened for us all to get the vote - one of our core rights and part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Make sure you're able to use your right to vote - registration closes on Monday

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The blood-and-gore favourite Game of Thrones is back on our screens tonight. But how do the executions, torture and war in Westeros stack up to abuses we've documented here in real life?

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Syria is being plunged into darkness. 83% of the lights in Syria have gone out - the result of four years of conflict and impunity, where those most affected are civilians. World leaders must do more to help and get the lights back on

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83% of the lights in Syria have gone out since the conflict started in 2011. World leaders need to do more to help civilians and get the lights back on.