What has the Human Rights Act done for us?
Watch the new video from Amnesty International UK, explaining the benefits of the Human Rights Act. … Read the full post »
Amnesty International
Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is a global human rights organisation.
VIDEO: Amnesty gets a grilling from Jeremy Paxman
‘You want me to explain what a letter is?!’ Jeremy Paxman helps to explain our annual letter writing campaign, Write For Rights. … Read the full post »
Northern Ireland: Abortion is not a crime – new from Amnesty International
Take action now to demand that the UK government step in and bring Northern Ireland’s abusive abortion ban into the 21st century. … Read the full post »
What happens when the police fail us? Why we need the Human Rights Act
Celia Peachey’s mum Maria was murdered by her violent ex-partner, despite repeatedly asking the police for help. Celia used the Human Rights Act to hold the police account for their failings. … Read the full post »
Ill-treatment, torture, death: Amnesty’s verdict on how Fidel Castro treated opponents
Amnesty International, reporting on Castro’s Cuba for 1998 found frequent reports of ill-treatment, in some cases amounting to torture, resulting in at least one death. … Read the full post »
VIDEO: The Human Rights Act and peace in Northern Ireland
On Good Friday in 1998, something amazing happened. An agreement was signed that finally brought peace to Northern Ireland after 30 years of bitter conflict. The Human Rights Act is at the core of that deal – it helped to build trust, integrity and reconciliation after three decades of bloodshed. Eighteen years on, the UK government is proposing to scrap the Act and risk destabilising peace. … Read the full post »
Under the Same Sun: A song about the refugee crisis
A powerful original song about the refugees crisis, created by Amnesty International’s youth group, Lucy Rose, Rae Morris, Jack Steadman from Bombay Bicycle Club, former Razorlight member Björn Ågren and Benjamin Francis Leftwich, at a songwriting workshop. … Read the full post »
A powerful experiment involving refugees from Amnesty International
Studies suggest it takes four minutes of direct eye contact for strangers to fall in love. So we decided to conduct a simple experiment: refugees and Europeans sat across from each other and looked each other in the eyes. … Read the full post »
Admitted: security agencies have been illegally intercepting privileged material for years
There has been a violation of a fundamental principle of the rule of law – that communications between a lawyer and their client must be confidential. … Read the full post »
Fans of Liberal Democrat constitutional wonkery will enjoy this…
… from Amnesty International. It is a note from its UK Board explaining why a constitutional amendment is having to be redone. … Read the full post »