Chipping Norton Amnesty

Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.

Recognised refugees.

Denied the right to reunite with their children.

It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.

So yes, he’s hated.

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Join us. March 28th 2026. Central London.

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.

A photo of Hind Rajab with a mortarboard hat on pretending to be graduating from university. Writing over the photo says: Justice for Hind Rajab.

Two years ago today, Hind Rajab was killed by Israeli forces. She was five years old.

On 29th January 2024, Hind and her relatives were fired on by an Israeli tank when trying to flee to safety. Everyone in the vehicle was killed by the initial attack except Hind and her 15-year-old cousin, Layan.

Thank you to the many artists - including Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny - for using their acceptance speeches at the Grammys to reject the rise in anti-immigration narratives and policies peddled by those in the media and in power.

Image of a palestine solidarity march in front of the UK parliament with copy that reads: defend our right to protest. Join the lobby of parliament 17th March 2025.

Our right to protest must be defended.

Please join Amnesty UK, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and many other groups to defend our right to protest.

The ICJ is yet to issue a ruling on South Africa’s allegation that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Amnesty, among others, has concluded genocide is taking place. The UK government, as a party to the Genocide Convention, is complicit in failing to do all it could to stop this genocide.

South Sudan: Government blocks humanitarian access in opposition-held areas | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... MSF condemns South Sudan’s government for blocking humanitarian access in opposition-held areas of Jonglei, leaving nearly 400,000 people without essential medical care.

MSF denounces restrictions on humanitarian access imposed by #SouthSudan's government in parts of Jonglei state.

These restrictions block medical aid from reaching communities.

As of Jan. 29, at least 23 critically ill patients urgently need referrals.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...

As always, sensible talking from Zoe Gardner

They need food.
They need medicine.
They need shelter.
They need water.
They need education.
They need the very basics.
They need peace.

High Commissioner @filippograndi.unhcr.org's reflections from Sudan.

Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...

Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.

Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In October 2025, Palestinians in the #WestBank faced over 260 attacks by settlers. This is the highest number of attacks recorded in one month in 20 years.

The violence is not only physical but also causing deep psychological harm.

Watch Abu Sari, a patient, share his account.

Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.

Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested:

A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.

www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...

Text reads: "Cooper suggested the U.K.’s focus is on French police, rather than pushback powers for the U.K. Border Force. “You’re seeing those boats set off. Once they’re in the water, then the previous rules have meant that the French police have not been able to actually take action. We need that to happen. That’s been agreed in principle. We need to see that in force,” she said. However, she declined to directly criticize the idea of pushback, which opponents argue could cause more migrants to drown in the Channel."

Deeply worrying to see the Foreign Secretary demand more "force" on our border, and support dangerous 'pushbacks' which make crossing attempts more deadly.

State violence on the border already costs lives. We need to stop the deaths, not incite more violence.

By writing letters, signing petitions and sharing stories, you can make change happen. People have been freed, achieved justice, and have felt the solidarity from others around the world through difficult periods of their lives.

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Busy Writing for Rights tonight #Write4Rights

Why housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake Julia Savage, campaigns manager at Asylum Matters, writes about why housing asylum seekers in military barracks is wrong.

Human being belong in communities, not camps. And our Government knows it. They said they'd shut the camps and stop wasting millions making people seeking sanctuary suffer - so why are they bringing this failed plan back now?

good news: Kent police forced to apologise to protester

GOOD NEWS: On July 14th, Kent Police threatened this protestor, Laura Murton, with arrest for holding a Palestinian flag and placards stating "Free Gaza" and "Israel is committing genocide". Thousands raised the alarm, and Police Kent has now apologised.

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mage shows screenshots of Keir Starmer's tweets: 2020 tweet - Trump’s so-called ‘peace plan’ is a farce. It is inconsistent with international law and human rights protections. Our Government should unequivocally condemn it because it will cause even more suffering for the Palestinian people who have already endured so much. 2025 tweet - President Trump, this is your achievement. I thank you for your tireless efforts to deliver this moment. The UK stands ready to support a full implementation of the peace plan.

What a difference a few years make.

FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.

Ethnic cleansing is happening in the #WestBank.

In #MasaferYatta, 85% of homes have been demolished.

More from Celine, Project Coordinator and Frederieke, Humanitarian Affairs Manager:

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

When care workers are scared to look after people, something has gone very, very wrong.

We're here to demand a better system for people seeking safety, but we'll never have that until we end the relentless tide of hostility towards all migrants, whatever their reason for coming to the UK.

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres in the UK? Crisis pregnancy centres which have been known to “misinform” women around abortion have become increasingly “professionalised” in the UK.

We’ve exposed “Crisis Pregnancy Centres”. These centres use misinformation & stigma to try to stop you from having an abortion.

These centres are just 1 part of a rapidly growing network of organisations that want to take away the rights of women & LGBTI people.

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Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Anti-Trump protest in London, holding a sign with Trump saying 'You're deported back to France' to the Statue of Liberty, carried by two masked ICE officers

Chippy Amnesty joining the anti-Trump demonstration in London

Whilst the Labour party congregate at their annual conference, protestors are outside disobeying the unjust ban on Palestine Action.

They're risking arrest under the Terrorism Act, for silently holding cardboard signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".

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BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...

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🚨 MARCHING UNITED 🚨

In Central London, thousands are marching united against racism, the far right, and division.

✊ Last summer, a national tragedy was twisted to stoke Islamophobic and racist fear. A year on, racist intimidation continues.

Keir Starmer ought to be standing up to Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook, not borrowing from it.

Together we will - and must - resist.