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Protest is a human right.
Our right to protest is protected by the Human Rights Act.
Our right to protest is protected by international law.
Don’t let anyone tell you different
Just in case anyone needs reminding 🤦 🤦♀️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♀️
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights✊🏾
Resist sexism
Resist racism
Resist hate
Resist cruelty
RESIST TRUMP.
We're with activists right now opposite US Embassy at Vauxall Bridge dropping ‘Resist Trump’ banners ✊✊🏽✊🏿
Police bans on #ExtinctionRebellion protests in London is an unlawful constraint of our rights to #FreedomofExpression and peaceful assembly.
Protesters' rights must be respected and their calls for urgent #climateaction heard.
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The 1975's Matty Healy kissed a male fan at Dubai show, breaking the nation's strict anti-LGBTQ laws. #BillboardNews
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Terrifying. This is why El Salvador must end the abortion ban and protect the rights of women + girls. Act now: amnesty.org.uk/actions/urge-e
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El Salvador jails raped teenager for 30 years under murder laws after she said she suffered miscarriage ind.pn/2sL1q8W
For #PrideInside: Award-winning actress and LGBTI+ ally Jodie Comer reads the beautiful first letter from Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. A touching and passionate exchange and part of a two part reply with the wonderful , which we'll play tomorrow.
For anyone that might need reminding
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
#TransDayOfVisibility
This is exactly the time human rights must be protected & cherished, not attacked & undermined
Thanks @Truman_Black from for standing up for Yasaman who faces 16 years in prison in Iran for not wearing a veil and encouraging other women to do the same. You can help free her at amn.st/60181MVCA #The1975
📣 BREAKING NEWS: The UK govt are officially scrapping our Human Rights Act.
This will undermine our rights & protections in the UK. It’ll also make it harder to hold other countries to account - at a time where it's needed more than ever.
Pls RT & spread the word #SaveTheAct
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While some Israeli settlers illegally live in homes with enough water for swimming pools, Palestinians on their doorstep are deliberately deprived of enough clean water to cover their basic needs.
Act now ➡️ amn.st/6016ONwEK
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Three women have been jailed and charged with prostitution after this video of them not wearing veils on a train in Iran went viral. Defending women's rights is not a crime. Let's get these charges dropped! Take action now 👉 amn.st/6012Eve3Q
Police used excessive force in the #CatalanReferendum, injuring peaceful protesters. This must be investigated: amn.st/601384UUv
PM of India promised to protect human rights... but instead he targets activists & charities! Today, as PM Modi represents #India at #G20Summit, we remind him that strong leaders don’t bully charities #KeepHumanRightsAlive 👉 amn.st/india
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We'll keep saying it until *everyone* knows:
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
Trans rights = human rights.
#IDAHOBIT
12 year old Majella was shot in the back & killed by a British soldier in Northern Ireland. 44 years later, there has been no independent investigation.
Witnesses have joined calls for to urgently launch one. RT to help us add pressure #MajellaOHare
Aidan McAnespie was fatally shot on his way to a Gaelic football match in Northern Ireland in '88.
Today, 34 years later, the trial into his death begins.
The trial represents the due process that the UK Government is seeking to shut down for victims.
In 10 DAYS Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be flying home.
🚨 RT our daily countdown & help us call on UK government & Iranian authorities to reunite Nazanin with her daughter & husband at the end of her sentence 🚨
#FreeNazanin
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What a great sign! This Malala Yousafzai quote seems very appropriate today... #WomensMarch
Welcome home Nazanin and Anoosheh 💛
Together with your amazing families, we have been waiting for this day for a long time.
Enjoy your freedom.
#NazaninIsFree #AnooshehIsFree
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Amazing news!
Sky-high #HomeOffice child citizenship fees have been ruled unlawful! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🙌 🙌 🙌
More details coming soon.
In 1 DAY Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe *should* be flying home.
Today, her sentence officially ends.
🚨 RT our daily countdown & help us call on UK government & Iranian authorities to reunite her with her daughter & husband. 🚨
#FreeNazanin
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On Saturday night a whole arena stood together to hear and @Truman_Black give this one simple message. Remember, however bad things seem, you still have the power to change things. You are not powerless ✊ ✊ ✊ #MondayMotivation
We stand with Saka, Rashford and Sancho - and all Black footballers.
We stand against the abuse and violence flooding social media.
We stand together in solidarity against racism. ✊ ✊🏽 ✊🏿
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Recognising Israel's racist system of apartheid for what it is, is the first step to dismantling it.
3 questions on #IsraeliApartheid, answered 👇🏽
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & her husband Richard have started a hunger strike today. The demand is simple - she must be freed. We'll post a daily video diary from Richard where he's camped out in front of . Follow us to keep up to date with the situation #FreeNazanin
Security forces in #Iran have killed 143+ protesters and used excessive force to crush protests in more than 100 cities across the country, since 15 November. RT to show the Iranian authorities that the world is watching! #IranProtests
BREAKING: All 15 of the #Stansted15 have been convicted today. We stand in solidarity with them all. The rights and freedoms of all of us are being eroded. The UK should not be targeting human rights defenders in this way. Send the 15 a message of support: amn.st/6018EHyGE
16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi is due in court today, and she's facing 10 years in prison. Nothing she has done can justify her continued detention. #Israel must release her now. More: bit.ly/2r6uiIj #FreeAhedTamimi
Worrying reports emerging of concentration camp-style prisons for gay men in Chechnya. Call for their safety: amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop-a
For #PrideInside: LGBTI+ ally reads the impassioned reply from Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, read yesterday by the enchanting Jodie Comer. Letters made possible by The Society of Authors as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf.
Here's what happened when we delivered thousands of your messages of support to Edward . Your words are powerful. Please take part in #WriteForRights and send a message of hope amn.st/6010D6IJi
ICYMI: This weekend, we presented athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick () with the Amnesty #AmbassadorOfConscience award. His courage to act against injustice is a true inspiration.
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On the day Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be reunited with her husband & daughter, we’re at the Iranian Embassy handing in a petition signed by 160,000 of you demanding that Nazanin is permanently freed.
#FreeNazanin
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Our system is broken.
Trans children are outed, humiliated and left feeling alone and vulnerable.
The next government has a huge oppotunity to overhaul the Gender Recognition Act and prioritse #transrights.
Crowds still gathering outside Downing Street. Whitehall is packed. Are you listening, ? #StandUpToTrump #nomuslimban
Ahed Tamimi is back in court today – and she’s facing up to 10 years in prison. This is no more than a desperate attempt by #Israel to intimidate Palestinian children who dare to stand up to repression. Take action to stand by Ahed now → amn.st/6013DPbrL #FreeAhedTamimi
Young trans people should not have their access to healthcare restricted simply because they are trans.
We stand up with for young people’s rights to access healthcare without discrimination. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 💙 💗
Read more: amn.st/6010HzWcs
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Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. We’ll be by your side for all LGBTI people worldwide – today and everyday. #IDAHOBIT
❤️ 💙 💚 💛 🧡 💜
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A family-free zone? How ridiculous! But for some, it’s a reality.
Every day, ludicrous laws keep refugee families apart.
Call on to change the law - & together we will help keep #FamiliesTogether. Act now 👉amn.st/6015Enu5x
When we all act, humanity wins.
BREAKING: We've just heard the news that the #Stansted15 convictions have been quashed.✊
This is a good day for justice. The #Stansted15 will take their place in the history books as human rights defenders who bravely brought injustices perpetrated by the state into the light.
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YOU DID IT! - The Refugee Family Reunion Bill passed! 129 MPs voted "AYE" to bring refugee #FamiliesTogether. Thank you for raising your voice - you have been heard!
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained and imprisoned in Iran for over 4 years. If nothing else, we hope tonight's Panorama will force the UK Govt to step up efforts to secure Nazanin's full and unconditional release. Sign the petition #FreeNazanin
Obama has roughly 48 hrs to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence. Urge not to leave her fate in Trump's hands: amn.st/60118uj4v
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the horrific attack last night. #WeStandTogether with Manchester.
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Instead of spending the last 5yrs with her young daughter, Nazanin has been unjustly and arbitrarily trapped in Iran.
A second prison sentence is not just cruel, it is an outrage.
It's time you URGENTLY step up your efforts to #FreeNazanin NOW
Later today, we're marching for women's rights - everyone's rights - human rights. Join us : amn.st/60128R8Xe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should not be imprisoned. She was holidaying when she was arrested, but her job in the UK is not worthy of punishment either! She must be released immediately. Call on Iran to do that NOW. amn.st/6016DBudm
🆘The UK Government is trying to introduce MORE anti-protest regulations
Almost NO ONE knows about it ⚠️
Measures that were voted out from the #PublicOrderBill have been reintroduced as “regulations”
Retweet to spread the word & #ProtectTheProtest✊🏽
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Today marks 5 years since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran.
Despite her ankle tag being removed, her life is in limbo as she awaits the verdict of a second trial.
The UK government must do all it can to bring her home now
#FreeNazanin
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We're marching in defence of human rights with in London, Edinburgh and Belfast on 21 Jan. Join us: amn.st/60128Paqs
In 3 DAYS Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe *should* be flying home.
🚨 RT our daily countdown & help us call on UK government & Iranian authorities to reunite Nazanin with her daughter & husband at the end of her sentence 🚨
#FreeNazanin
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📅Save the date!
Woman, Life, Freedom IG Live ✊ Wed 30 Nov 2022 6 pm GMT
With & , hosted by Nina Navid
4 Iranian diaspora women will come together and ask: where have we been, & where are we going?
Live on amn.st/6011M4lrf
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Many thousands are travelling #HomeToVote to take part in #Ireland's historic abortion referendum this Friday, to fight for women's right to choose. Please stand with the women of Ireland. RT with #RepealTheEighth and #ItsTime: amn.st/6014Dg5mC
No spoilers here, but well done #YearsAndYears for an exceptional portrayal of what is a reality for refugees risking their lives to find safety. Except it’s happening right now, in present day. Thank you Russell T Davies, and #FamiliesTogether
A pollster asked people about what they thought about the UK government's plans for human rights… it didn’t go as planned.
We can't let them bring this back - share this video to spread the word
The right to protest is fundamental to a free and fair society.
But a new Bill could give police sweeping power - including power to shut down peaceful protests.
We CANNOT let this happen.
Take action now to stop the assault on our freedoms ✊
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🆘 CALL TO ACTION: help stop arbitrary executions of protesters in Iran
1 Find your MP & their Twitter amn.st/60153yL7B
2 Reply to this tweet "@[your MP] As my MP, will you write to the Iranian Embassy in the UK & demand all executions stop amn.st/60163yL78”
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Nazanin was arrested in 2016 on this day. It's time for this beautiful family to be finally reunited. Please help #FreeNazanin by signing the petition and sharing this post with your friends ❤️ Sign here: amn.st/60161x9i2
.@Truman_Black: "I believe this is how male artists can be true allies." #The1975 are on point here 👏theguardian.com/music/2020/feb
TODAY Richard Ratcliffe begins another hunger strike as he camps near Downing Street.
The UK Government has failed time & again to help #FreeNazanin & other British Nationals detained in Iran.
The time to act is NOW.
🚨 Pls share to show solidarity with Richard & Nazanin 🚨
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Such sad news about John Hurt, a passionate defender of human rights and great supporter of Amnesty. Thank you for everything. RIP.
Current Home Office rules mean that child refugees who are completely alone, aren't allowed to bring close family to join them in the UK. Please ask the Prime Minister to change the rules and bring #FamiliesTogether amn.st/6013GI3GX
📣 Cruel, racist systems like apartheid have no place in our world.
Israel & MUST start treating Palestinians as human beings with equal rights and dignity. Share this tweet & spread the word.
#EndIsraelsApartheid
Anne Frank was born on this day 88 yrs ago, and on her 13th birthday she began writing her diary. Today, we remember her courage & dignity.
On Weds Saudi Arabia condemned #CharlieHebdo as 'cowardly attack'. Today they flogged Raif Badawi for encouraging free speech.
PAKISTAN: The death of activist #KarimaBaloch in Toronto, Canada is deeply shocking and must be immediately and effectively investigated. The perpetrators must be brought to justice without recourse to the death penalty.
It's 100 years since women won the right to vote. Thousands of women across the UK are still fighting for our rights. Help us celebrate their amazing work. Find out more and make a nomination - amn.st/6013DOkqS #SuffragetteSpirit
Suella Braverman must stop dehumanising refugees & put an end to the cruelty and intolerance of Home Office policy on asylum.
The situation cannot go on.
24 hours to stop the #PublicOrderBill
1️⃣ Find your MP's Twitter amn.st/60043xnu2
2️⃣ Reply below "@[MP] Together with I'm terrified at the #PublicOrderBill's effect on our right to protest. Lords limited some of it, will you support? amn.st/60063xnuu"
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Others fought hard for your human right to vote – don't forget to use that right today! Polls close at 10pm #LocalElections2018 #PollingDay
Nazanin and Richard are now almost 2 weeks without food. They are still #Hungry4Justice. With Iran not budging it's more important than ever we keep Nazanin's story alive. Please help #FreeNazanin by signing & sharing the petition: amn.st/6011EsRdW CC
Watching #ThreeFamilies on ?📺
Women & girls from Northern Ireland are STILL being denied access to lawful abortion services - despite a law change in 2020.
Secretary of State for NI, , must end this unacceptable denial of healthcare
❗️Please RT❗️
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Today we remember the millions of lives lost for Holocaust Memorial Day. We believe in the individual to make a difference in this world - never powerless to stand up for humanity and to speak out against injustice #holocaust #neveragain
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If by tomorrow, Nazanin is not on her way back to the UK, we’ll be springing into action.
Watch this space.
#FreeNazanin
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Our thoughts are with all those affected by the #LondonAttacks. We must not let this divide us, we must #standtogether against hate.
BREAKING: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from prison for 2 weeks.
We hope she now gets the proper medical care she needs, including getting tested for coronavirus.
This is a big step forward. (1/2)
Equivalent of 5 passenger planes full of people have drowned last week alone amn.st/6010frwe #DontLetThemDrown
CONFIRMED: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & Anoosheh Ashoori are both FINALLY released after more than 10yrs combined unjustly detained in Iran ✊
This is the news we & their families have hoped for every day since Nazanin was arrested in 2016 ❤️
We'll share more soon
#HumanityWins
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History is being made today with #RepealedThe8th. Now #itstime to stand with the women of #NorthernIreland. Tell the UK to decriminalise abortion - please sign and RT: amn.st/6018D9D1s #NoWomanLeftBehind #Together4Yes
Abortion bans like the one passed in Alabama are a violation of human rights.
These bans will be deadly.
They will endanger pregnant people’s lives.
They will re-victimize survivors of rape and sexual violence by denying them their rights.
We must not go back.
Yesterday, Israel’s parliament reauthorised a racist law banning Palestinians from gaining citizenship or residency in Israel through marriage.
This law is yet another pillar of Israel’s system of apartheid.
#EndIsraeliApartheid
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The ‘#RightsRemovalBill is a blatant power grab.
Ripping up the Human Rights Act means stripping us of our most powerful tool to challenge wrongs by UK govt & other public bodies.
This is not about tinkering with rights, it’s about removing them.
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Human rights history as been made today in Northern Ireland. The bans on abortion and equal marriage will be lifted on 21 October this year! Thanks to everyone that helped make it happen! #TheNorthIsNow #LoveWins
A monumental victory for Indigenous people on halting #DAPL. The world is now watching #StandingRock and so are we amn.st/60118KH8H
Our bodies, our clothes, our choice. We stand with the women targeted by the #BurkiniBan. #WearWhatYouWant
Today, the family of Aidan McAnespie have secured justice, 34yrs after a soldier killed Aidan during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
The UK Govt wants to stop other families getting justice ❌
📝 Join our call to to scrap the Troubles Bill: amn.st/6011Mf2WT
It's the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. And we're with everyone fighting for equality. #IDAHOT
We cannot let the perpetrators of yesterday's chemical attack in Syria get away with it. Demand the UN acts now. amn.st/60188bhMg
Welcome for our Women Making History festival from the amazing @shonfaye. Today is about equality and inclusion. We will not be divided. #StillMarching
