HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder TRUSTEE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Amnesty International is independent, international, and influential. It campaigns for justice, fairness, freedom, and truth wherever they’re denied. Its global network of seven million members and supporters is making a difference in 150 countries. We are all inspired by hope for

a better world.

THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Kate is the Director of Amnesty International UK. She has been on numerous missions overseas including Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leonne, Brazil, Bangladesh and more. Kate is a member of the Secretary General’s Global Management Team with

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40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry OUR POLICY TO PROTECT SEX WORKERS' HUMAN RIGHTSSEE MORE ON

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LEARNING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCE Learning about human rights in Primary School resource pack. Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils aged 5-11 understand their own human rights and the values and attitudes that underpin them. Subjects include global and fair trade, poverty and inequality, identity and children's rights. FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN: THE BACK STORY Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by militant groups and the infamous oppressive Islamic Taliban. Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women's rights have been exploited by HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder TRUSTEE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Amnesty International is independent, international, and influential. It campaigns for justice, fairness, freedom, and truth wherever they’re denied. Its global network of seven million members and supporters is making a difference in 150 countries. We are all inspired by hope for

a better world.

THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Kate is the Director of Amnesty International UK. She has been on numerous missions overseas including Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leonne, Brazil, Bangladesh and more. Kate is a member of the Secretary General’s Global Management Team with

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40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry OUR POLICY TO PROTECT SEX WORKERS' HUMAN RIGHTSSEE MORE ON

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LEARNING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCE Learning about human rights in Primary School resource pack. Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils aged 5-11 understand their own human rights and the values and attitudes that underpin them. Subjects include global and fair trade, poverty and inequality, identity and children's rights. FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN: THE BACK STORY Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by militant groups and the infamous oppressive Islamic Taliban. Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women's rights have been exploited by CAMPAIGNS AND ISSUES North Korea. North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where hundreds of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured. All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone attempting to assert their rights

is crushed. Issue.

CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder

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SMALL ACTIONS WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. Our Urgent Action Network takes action for a fairer world. Because of the actions of individuals, lives have been saved, unfair laws have changed, the wrongfully imprisoned have been released. Your actions make a difference. G7 SUMMIT: RICH GOVERNMENTS' SUPPORT OF BIG PHARMA The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of campaigning organisations, including Amnesty International, said today. Ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, the People’s Vaccine Alliance (PVA) warned that G7 promises to vaccinate the world by CHINA: 'CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY' BEING COMMITTED IN Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organised mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in MESSAGE FROM AIUK CHAIR Dear Friends I write to you after a very difficult few weeks for all of us who are part of AIUK, but first and foremost our staff and activists of colour. Many of you may have, by now, read the accounts of racism shared in The Guardian and on social media. MESSAGE FROM AIUK CHAIR I regret to write that, on Tuesday, Daren Nair resigned from the Amnesty UK Section Board. Many of you will know Daren for his committed activism in the Tower Hamlets and Newham local group, and for his work campaigning for those unjustly detained in Iran. That Daren no longer feels able to

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Text size. All popular browsers allow zooming in and out by pressing the Ctrl (Cmd in OS X) and + or - keys. Or alternatively hold down the Ctrl key and scroll up or down with the mouse. IRELAND: WOMEN STILL FORCED TO SEEK ABORTION ABROAD IS Responding to statistics published today by the UK Department of Health and Social care revealing that almost 200 women and girls were forced to travel from Ireland to access abortion services in England and Wales last year, Colm O Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland, said GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND LACK OF JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA The next Oxford City monthly local group online meeting is on Tuesday 15th June, at 7:15pm. We are pleased to have Matlida Phiri, Amnesty's coordinator for South Africa, talk to us about Amnesty's new campaign on gender based violence and lack of justice in South Africa. HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder TRUSTEE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Amnesty International is independent, international, and influential. It campaigns for justice, fairness, freedom, and truth wherever they’re denied. Its global network of seven million members and supporters is making a difference in 150 countries. We are all inspired by hope for

a better world.

THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Kate is the Director of Amnesty International UK. She has been on numerous missions overseas including Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leonne, Brazil, Bangladesh and more. Kate is a member of the Secretary General’s Global Management Team with

CENTRAL ENGLAND

40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry OUR POLICY TO PROTECT SEX WORKERS' HUMAN RIGHTSSEE MORE ON

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LEARNING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCE Learning about human rights in Primary School resource pack. Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils aged 5-11 understand their own human rights and the values and attitudes that underpin them. Subjects include global and fair trade, poverty and inequality, identity and children's rights. FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN: THE BACK STORY Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by militant groups and the infamous oppressive Islamic Taliban. Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women's rights have been exploited by HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder TRUSTEE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Amnesty International is independent, international, and influential. It campaigns for justice, fairness, freedom, and truth wherever they’re denied. Its global network of seven million members and supporters is making a difference in 150 countries. We are all inspired by hope for

a better world.

THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Kate is the Director of Amnesty International UK. She has been on numerous missions overseas including Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leonne, Brazil, Bangladesh and more. Kate is a member of the Secretary General’s Global Management Team with

CENTRAL ENGLAND

40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry OUR POLICY TO PROTECT SEX WORKERS' HUMAN RIGHTSSEE MORE ON

AMNESTY.ORG.UK

LEARNING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCE Learning about human rights in Primary School resource pack. Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils aged 5-11 understand their own human rights and the values and attitudes that underpin them. Subjects include global and fair trade, poverty and inequality, identity and children's rights. FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN: THE BACK STORY Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by militant groups and the infamous oppressive Islamic Taliban. Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women's rights have been exploited by CAMPAIGNS AND ISSUES North Korea. North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where hundreds of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured. All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone attempting to assert their rights

is crushed. Issue.

CORONAVIRUS: THE EFFECT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN THE UK Coronavirus: the effect on human rights impact in the UK. 24 Apr 2020, 03:40pm. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people across the world face the devastating impact it is having now on families, friends and communities, and will continue to have long into the future. This is a human rights crisis in the most immediate sense – and a reminder

URGENT ACTIONS

SMALL ACTIONS WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. Our Urgent Action Network takes action for a fairer world. Because of the actions of individuals, lives have been saved, unfair laws have changed, the wrongfully imprisoned have been released. Your actions make a difference. G7 SUMMIT: RICH GOVERNMENTS' SUPPORT OF BIG PHARMA The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of campaigning organisations, including Amnesty International, said today. Ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, the People’s Vaccine Alliance (PVA) warned that G7 promises to vaccinate the world by CHINA: 'CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY' BEING COMMITTED IN Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organised mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in MESSAGE FROM AIUK CHAIR Dear Friends I write to you after a very difficult few weeks for all of us who are part of AIUK, but first and foremost our staff and activists of colour. Many of you may have, by now, read the accounts of racism shared in The Guardian and on social media. MESSAGE FROM AIUK CHAIR I regret to write that, on Tuesday, Daren Nair resigned from the Amnesty UK Section Board. Many of you will know Daren for his committed activism in the Tower Hamlets and Newham local group, and for his work campaigning for those unjustly detained in Iran. That Daren no longer feels able to

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Text size. All popular browsers allow zooming in and out by pressing the Ctrl (Cmd in OS X) and + or - keys. Or alternatively hold down the Ctrl key and scroll up or down with the mouse. IRELAND: WOMEN STILL FORCED TO SEEK ABORTION ABROAD IS Responding to statistics published today by the UK Department of Health and Social care revealing that almost 200 women and girls were forced to travel from Ireland to access abortion services in England and Wales last year, Colm O Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland, said GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND LACK OF JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA The next Oxford City monthly local group online meeting is on Tuesday 15th June, at 7:15pm. We are pleased to have Matlida Phiri, Amnesty's coordinator for South Africa, talk to us about Amnesty's new campaign on gender based violence and lack of justice in South Africa. BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. AMNESTY UK SPOKESPEOPLE In addition to a wide range of experts located in dozens of countries, Amnesty can offer media spokespeople from its UK office. These are listed (in alphabetical order) below. For media requests concerning all Amnesty spokespeople – whether at Amnesty UK or globally – please contact the Amnesty International UK media office.

EDUCATION RESOURCES

Education resources. Amnesty International UK. 17 Nov 2020, 11:02am. Amnesty has been supporting human rights education for over 25 years. We've reached tens of thousands of students in the UK. We provide teacher training and as our resources by theme page shows, a huge range of resources to support teaching across different ages and

subjects.

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40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry READING | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK We are super excited about our celebration evening on 27th May, 6-8pm, where we will hear reading from the winning entries and some of our fantastic judges - Desree, Claire Dyer, Ian McKenzie, Peter Robinson and Yasmine Shamma. To May 10 2021 8:12PM. SUPPORTER SATISFACTION SURVEY 2021 Supporter Satisfaction Survey 2021. We would like to hear about your experience as a financial supporter/member of Amnesty International UK, so please take a few minutes to fill out this survey to tell us what you think. Your feedback will help us understand what we NELSON MANDELA AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

UK: MIGRANT WOMEN BLOCKED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES AND Migrant women are blocked from accessing refuge beds, domestic abuse services and safety New petition urges next government to provide equal protection to all women People around the UK will send messages of support to migrant women survivors of domestic abuse

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You must be aged 18 or over to enter this raffle. It is a criminal offence for anyone under 16 years of age to play. We are committed to promoting responsible gambling. For information and support for those affected by problem gambling, visit BeGambleAware or call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133. Lines are open 8.00am to midnight. BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23. AMNESTY UK SPOKESPEOPLE In addition to a wide range of experts located in dozens of countries, Amnesty can offer media spokespeople from its UK office. These are listed (in alphabetical order) below. For media requests concerning all Amnesty spokespeople – whether at Amnesty UK or globally – please contact the Amnesty International UK media office.

EDUCATION RESOURCES

Education resources. Amnesty International UK. 17 Nov 2020, 11:02am. Amnesty has been supporting human rights education for over 25 years. We've reached tens of thousands of students in the UK. We provide teacher training and as our resources by theme page shows, a huge range of resources to support teaching across different ages and

subjects.

CENTRAL ENGLAND

40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry READING | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK We are super excited about our celebration evening on 27th May, 6-8pm, where we will hear reading from the winning entries and some of our fantastic judges - Desree, Claire Dyer, Ian McKenzie, Peter Robinson and Yasmine Shamma. To May 10 2021 8:12PM. SUPPORTER SATISFACTION SURVEY 2021 Supporter Satisfaction Survey 2021. We would like to hear about your experience as a financial supporter/member of Amnesty International UK, so please take a few minutes to fill out this survey to tell us what you think. Your feedback will help us understand what we NELSON MANDELA AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENT PROGRAMME Amnesty group members will be walking 60 km over the Festival period, raising money for Amnesty. COVID regulations permitting. We will arrange a number of walks in the beautiful Shropshire Hills so we will walk 60 km over the period of the festival. The invitation to take up

the challenge is

UK: MIGRANT WOMEN BLOCKED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES AND Migrant women are blocked from accessing refuge beds, domestic abuse services and safety New petition urges next government to provide equal protection to all women People around the UK will send messages of support to migrant women survivors of domestic abuse

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You must be aged 18 or over to enter this raffle. It is a criminal offence for anyone under 16 years of age to play. We are committed to promoting responsible gambling. For information and support for those affected by problem gambling, visit BeGambleAware or call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133. Lines are open 8.00am to midnight.

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SMALL ACTIONS WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. Our Urgent Action Network takes action for a fairer world. Because of the actions of individuals, lives have been saved, unfair laws have changed, the wrongfully imprisoned have been released. Your actions make a difference.

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The National Assembly voted to adopt a consent-based rape law to legally define rape as sex without consent. Under the Istanbul Convention, which Slovenia ratified in 2015, rape and all other non-consensual acts of sexual nature must be classified as criminal offenses. Until now, the Slovenian NEXT ONLINE MEETING MONDAY 14 JUNE This will take place online on Monday 14 June, 7.30pm. Everyone welcome. Please contact us for joining instructions. We will have a talk on Modern Slavery by Simon John, followed by Q&A. The talk is extremely engaging and practical. Slavery didn't end in the nineteenth century. Modern Slavery is AMNESTY UK LETTER TO MINISTER ON PLAN TO REPLACE PHYSICAL On 24 May 2021, the Government published its strategy paper - New Plan for Immigration: Legal Migration and Border Control. This includes a proposal to stop issuing people with physical documentation establishing their immigration status in the UK. AMNESTY UK CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM A collection of letters sent and received concerning matters of immigration, asylum or nationality law and policy. The correspondence collected here is generally with and from Home Office Ministers and

officials.

JUNE 2021 NEWSLETTER Note that there is an event relating to the forthcoming Police Bill TOMORROW NIGHT. There is still time to register. Next week (14th -21st June) is Refugee Week UK. The newsletter contains details of and links to various events and many more can be found on the refugee week

website

G7 SUMMIT: RICH COUNTRIES' CLIMATE PLANS 'VIOLATE THE G20 countries account for almost 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions ‘There are no shortcuts to saving the planet and humanity We can have human rights or fossil fuels – we can’t have both’ - Chiara Liguori The world’s richest governments are condemning billions of people to starvation, drought and displacement through their continued support of the fossil fuel industry MEET THE UK SECTION BOARD Eilidh is Chair of the Amnesty UK Section Board. She was previously Vice Chair from 2018-19. Before that, she was Chair of the Activism Subcommittee, tasked with overseeing the health, growth, and impact of Amnesty UK’s grassroots activism. Eilidh is an Associate at international law firm CMS

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A photo from the lovely fundraising walk we did with Guildford group last weekend. Marilyn and Bob raised over £200 for Amnesty. URGENT ACTION OUTCOME: TRADE UNIONIST ACQUITTED On 20 May, long-standing trade unionist Frédéric Vuillaume was acquitted by the court in Dijon, eastern France. He was tried on charges of ‘attroupement’ (participation in an assembly that is likely to disrupt public order) for exercising his right to peaceful assembly and was risking up to one year in prison and a fine. His acquittal marks a victory for the right to peaceful protest in HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23.

URGENT ACTIONS

SMALL ACTIONS WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. Our Urgent Action Network takes action for a fairer world. Because of the actions of individuals, lives have been saved, unfair laws have changed, the wrongfully imprisoned have been released. Your actions make a difference. AMNESTY UK SPOKESPEOPLE In addition to a wide range of experts located in dozens of countries, Amnesty can offer media spokespeople from its UK office. These are listed (in alphabetical order) below. For media requests concerning all Amnesty spokespeople – whether at Amnesty UK or globally – please contact the Amnesty International UK media office. TAKE ACTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a British charity worker and mum who has been unfairly jailed for over four years. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since 2016 but was released on furlough on March 17 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the

country.

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40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry NELSON MANDELA AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL WELCOMES REFUGEES The Football Welcomes month. Throughout April, football club foundations from the Premier League, English Football League, Women’s Super League, Scottish Premiership and non-league and grassroots teams across the country put on events and activities to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum, and highlight the role that football can play in creating more welcoming communities. STEVE VALDEZ-SYMONDS Written by Steve Symonds, Amnesty UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director The power to detain is a long-standing Home Office obsession. For several years, the number of people detained has increased even as the proportion of Rights UK: MIGRANT WOMEN BLOCKED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES AND Migrant women in the UK who experience domestic abuse find it virtually impossible to get the help and protection they need. They are often blocked from accessing public funds and turned away from refuges. Many are too scared to report violence to the police or other HOME | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DOGET INVOLVEDDONATEWRITE FOR RIGHTSFAQS Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere BOARD ELECTIONS 2021 Board Elections 2021. 17 May 2021, 10:34am. This is a formal notice to confirm that there will be a contested election for the Board roles for 2021-2024. Five seats on the Board are available for election this year as follows: 1 seat reserved for a member aged 18-23.

URGENT ACTIONS

SMALL ACTIONS WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. Our Urgent Action Network takes action for a fairer world. Because of the actions of individuals, lives have been saved, unfair laws have changed, the wrongfully imprisoned have been released. Your actions make a difference. AMNESTY UK SPOKESPEOPLE In addition to a wide range of experts located in dozens of countries, Amnesty can offer media spokespeople from its UK office. These are listed (in alphabetical order) below. For media requests concerning all Amnesty spokespeople – whether at Amnesty UK or globally – please contact the Amnesty International UK media office. TAKE ACTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a British charity worker and mum who has been unfairly jailed for over four years. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since 2016 but was released on furlough on March 17 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the

country.

CENTRAL ENGLAND

40 local Amnesty International groups across Central England have come together for a Festival of Social Justice, where connected festival events will be taking place from 16th April - 31st May 2021. An exciting programme of events for all ages is in store. Including speakers, music, poetry NELSON MANDELA AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL WELCOMES REFUGEES The Football Welcomes month. Throughout April, football club foundations from the Premier League, English Football League, Women’s Super League, Scottish Premiership and non-league and grassroots teams across the country put on events and activities to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum, and highlight the role that football can play in creating more welcoming communities. STEVE VALDEZ-SYMONDS Written by Steve Symonds, Amnesty UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director The power to detain is a long-standing Home Office obsession. For several years, the number of people detained has increased even as the proportion of Rights UK: MIGRANT WOMEN BLOCKED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES AND Migrant women in the UK who experience domestic abuse find it virtually impossible to get the help and protection they need. They are often blocked from accessing public funds and turned away from refuges. Many are too scared to report violence to the police or other CAMPAIGNS AND ISSUES North Korea. North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where hundreds of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured. All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone attempting to assert their rights

is crushed. Issue.

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Free online courses to develop your knowledge of human rights, and provide you with the skills and confidence to defend them. Amnesty's Human Rights Academy courses Amnesty is training a new generation of human rights defenders - strengthening the human rights movement through action oriented education. Our online courses include:

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Education resources. Amnesty International UK. 17 Nov 2020, 11:02am. Amnesty has been supporting human rights education for over 25 years. We've reached tens of thousands of students in the UK. We provide teacher training and as our resources by theme page shows, a huge range of resources to support teaching across different ages and

subjects.

GOOD NEWS STORIES

The National Assembly voted to adopt a consent-based rape law to legally define rape as sex without consent. Under the Istanbul Convention, which Slovenia ratified in 2015, rape and all other non-consensual acts of sexual nature must be classified as criminal offenses. Until now, the Slovenian NEXT ONLINE MEETING MONDAY 14 JUNE This will take place online on Monday 14 June, 7.30pm. Everyone welcome. Please contact us for joining instructions. We will have a talk on Modern Slavery by Simon John, followed by Q&A. The talk is extremely engaging and practical. Slavery didn't end in the nineteenth century. Modern Slavery is AMNESTY UK LETTER TO MINISTER ON PLAN TO REPLACE PHYSICAL On 24 May 2021, the Government published its strategy paper - New Plan for Immigration: Legal Migration and Border Control. This includes a proposal to stop issuing people with physical documentation establishing their immigration status in the UK. JUNE 2021 NEWSLETTER Note that there is an event relating to the forthcoming Police Bill TOMORROW NIGHT. There is still time to register. Next week (14th -21st June) is Refugee Week UK. The newsletter contains details of and links to various events and many more can be found on the refugee week

website

AMNESTY UK CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM A collection of letters sent and received concerning matters of immigration, asylum or nationality law and policy. The correspondence collected here is generally with and from Home Office Ministers and

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LGBTI CAMPAIGNER KILLED FOR HER ACTIVISM Marielle Franco was murdered in a drive-by shooting in March 2018. Her killers and those behind the plot to assassinate her have still not been brought to justice, over a year later. Marielle dedicated her life to speaking out for LGBTI, black and women’s rights in Brazil. She paid the ultimate price for defending

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