Amnesty International UK

Despite the internet blackout in Iran, reports & video footage show that the Iranian authorities have launched a bloody crackdown to crush the protests. The intl community should urgently act & stop further massacres of protesters in Iran.

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This year's award ceremony will be hosted by comedian, writer and activist Jen Brister.

The Amnesty Media Awards celebrate the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in highlighting human rights abuses around the world.

We welcome the Government’s commitment to act swiftly to stop the creation and sharing of these exploitative images by AI bots.

Protecting human rights online must be a priority.

The Grok bot exemplifies this danger, making it alarmingly easy to produce abusive material, while X’s weakened safeguards since Elon Musk’s takeover in late 2022 have left users exposed.

Guardian headline which reads Hundreds of nonconsensual AI images being created by Grok on X, data shows. We have added "misogynistic" before nonconsensual and "men using" before Grok.

The ability to generate sexually explicit, non-consensual images using AI isn't just a matter of online safety - it strikes at the core of the right to dignity, privacy & equality. These technologies are fuelling misogyny & harassment when young people are already overwhelmed by women-hating content

Image of a Jewish News article that headline reads: Government to revisit paused Israel arms licenses after Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire

The UK government signalling they may unblock arms sales to Israel is deeply troubling.

Let’s not be fooled by talk of “ceasefires” or “peace.” Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped. Killings have continued. The illegal blockade remains as does the system of apartheid.

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The protests in Iran are the largest protests since the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising of 2022.

The nationwide protests started in Tehran on 28 December, and quickly spread to other cities across the country.

The international community must press the Iranian authorities to stop the bloodshed.

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Photos of Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and David Lammy with copy that says: Amnesty UK urges David Lammy to act now to stop the deaths of hunger strikers.

We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.

Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.

Budour Hassan, Amnesty International's researcher for Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory, shares her hopes for 2026 and why the ‘ceasefire’ does not mean the genocide against Palestinians has ended.

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Thank you Louise! More of this defiance and solidarity in 2026 please…

On 30th August 2025, Milton Keynes resident Louise explained why she was standing in solidarity with people seeking asylum

In 2026, we must continue to expose and defeat them.

Groups & individuals wanting to remove our hard-won rights are mobilising to restrict the right to freedom of expression & bodily autonomy for women & LGBTI people - inc trying to limit relationship & sex education & attempting to remove books telling the stories of LGBT+ characters from libraries.

The UK used to be top of the Europe LGBTI equality index in 2015 but it’s been going downhill since then and this year we dropped to 22nd place. The steady erosion of trans rights is one of the main reasons for this shocking decline.

Two people holding signs, one that reads: "this mum says trans rights are human rights" and the other that says "our beautiful daughter is trans."

Thousands of people holding LGBTQI+ rainbow flags in Parliament Square with Big Ben and Parliament in the background.

As 2025 draws to a close, we seek inspiration from the protests around the country in response to the Supreme Court ruling on 16 April 2025 which dealt a blow to the rights & dignity of trans people.

Thousands upon thousands of people gathered to say: we'll always stand with trans people.

1,157 people have just been announced as receiving honours in the New Year Honours list.

Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.

Demonstrators - including over 280 Amnesty International activists and staff from Hungary and 22 other countries - came together to peacefully demand equality, freedom of assembly and human rights.

This is how we respond to people who try to deny our rights.

On 28th June this year, thousands upon thousands of people came together to defy Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán passing legislation to ban Pride and other protests supporting equal rights of LGBTI people.

It was the largest march in Budapest Pride’s history.

On 5th July this year, Palestine Action was proscribed after a vote in Parliament invoking the Terrorism Act 2000.

Since then, police have made over 2,700 arrests for peacefully protesting. These arrests are unlawful.

Amnesty UK has intervened in the Judicial Review in the courts.

Palestinian journalists, like Wael Al-Dahdouh, put their lives on the line to record & report Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Over 260 media professionals have been killed in occupied Gaza since Oct 2023.

The targeting of journalists is a war crime, and each death must be investigated as such.

Reports that Palestine Action activists on hunger strike have been hospitalised due to seriously deteriorating health send chills down the spine.

The Government should agree to meet their representatives whilst prosecutors must take steps to end this excessively lengthy pre-trial detention.

The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.

This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.