Your words CAN change lives! On Human Rights Day on 10 December we're holding a digital hour of action to write for those whose rights have been attacked. Find us on Facebook and share the event: search Amnesty International
Amnesty international24 May 2016
'We don't want money. But we want freedom, justice and humanity...' Refugees waiting at Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary last year. More on amnesty.org #refugeeswelcome
Amnesty international24 May 2016
In Jordan, 86% of the Syrian refugee population in urban areas are living below the poverty line. This week we launched a report detailing the hardships these urban refugees face every day in accessing health care. Mohammed is just 14 years old. He lost his leg and arm when a rocket landed next to him outside his family's dry-cleaning shop in Dera'a, Syria. He is dependent on humanitarian assistance in Jordan and needs surgery every 5-6 months. Make a pledge to speak out for refugees' rights...
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This week we honour Burkina Faso's 'sheroes': girls who have endured and overcome violence, rape, early and forced marriage - and the women who stand with them: defending, protecting, nurturing and inspiring. 28-year-old Cendrine is a businesswoman, singer and activist for women's and children's rights. She provides accommodation, education, food and health care to street children and campaigns against maternal mortality. 'My life should at least be useful to others,' she says. 'I should liv...
Amnesty international24 May 2016
WE DID IT! Albert Woodfox is finally free after 43 years in solitary confinement. Head to amnestyusa.org for more information #albertwoodfoxfree
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Rania, her husband and 6 children were taken by Syria's authorities in March 2013. Her sister told us 'In two and a half years I have heard nothing. I suffer from anxiety and keep wondering: are her children hungry? Are they calm or are they screaming and crying? Are they alive? Or- are they dead?' Read the full blog on amnesty.org
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Today activists in The Netherlands tell Europe's leaders: it's NOT the polls you should worry about. It's the history books. #RefugeesWelcome
Amnesty international24 May 2016
In Jordan, 86% of the Syrian refugee population in urban areas are living below the poverty line. This week we launch a report detailing the hardships these urban refugees face every day in accessing services such as health care. These refugee children from Aleppo live in a two room basement flat in Jordan with their parents and two other siblings. Sarah is 8 years old. She lost her leg after a rocket landed near her in Syria and has had to rely on support from NGO-run clinics as she can’t ...
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Happy birthday to Martin Luther King Jr! We've put together 16 of his most memorable quotes, search 'Martin Luther King' on amnesty.org
Amnesty international24 May 2016
We stand with all those suffering violence and war. Don't let fear win! More on amnesty.org #RefugeesWelcome
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This week we honour Burkina Faso's 'sheroes': girls who have endured and overcome violence, rape, early and forced marriage - and the women who stand with them: defending, protecting, nurturing and inspiring. 24-year-old Angèle and her 3-year-old son have been at a shelter for a year. Banished by her family when she fell pregnant, Angèle confided in a priest who brought her to the shelter. She earns a living as a waitress and dreams of running her own restaurant in the future. #iwd2016 mor...
Amnesty international24 May 2016
'Music is a way of connecting people all over the world from all walks of life. It is our responsibility to send out a message that human rights abuses must not be tolerated.' We were immensely proud when David Bowie supported Amnesty UK's refugee campaign in 1997. Today, people all over the world remember a truly legendary artist and musician who cared deeply about the world around him. He will be missed.
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Samer, a 23 year-old from Hama, Syria, in a transit camp in Serbia on Saturday 3 October 2015. Photographer @clarkegiles from @gettyreportage spent a week covering the daily lives of #refugees traveling through -or stranded in- Serbia and Croatia
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Students at the al-Hudson School ready to learn despite fears of Saudi Arabia-led coalition strikes, Beni Mustah, Abs, Hajjah, 11 November 2015
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Female refugees experience sexual harassment and assault on every part of their journey through Europe. This MUST end. New research on amnesty.org #SafePassage
Amnesty international24 May 2016
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Today, we celebrate the courage of girls in Burkina Faso who are saying NO to forced marriage, and building new lives and new futures for themselves. amnesty.org
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Imagine being tortured for over 40 years for a crime you didn’t commit. The conditions in which Albert Woodfox has been imprisoned- solitary confinement where you spend 23 hours a day alone in a small cell- amounts to torture. Tell Louisiana to free Woodfox now, on amnesty.org
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This is Mrs Beauty Barikima, a businesswoman from the Niger Delta, a community that has experienced multiple oil spills since Shell started their operations in the 1960's. #portraits #humanrights
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This week we honour Burkina Faso's 'sheroes': girls who have endured and overcome violence, rape, early and forced marriage - and the women who stand with them: defending, protecting, nurturing and inspiring. Slam poetry artist Malika Outtara is a student and women's rights activist whose socially conscious music gives voice to some of the deepest concerns of young women, including love and unplanned pregnancy. Read more on amnesty.org #iwd2016
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Giselle was born in the Dominican Republic in 1979 to Haitian parents who did not register her birth. She cannot register herself because her parents left no documents and cannot afford treatment for her health problems. She is stateless: she belongs to no country, and has no recognised rights. Read about our #yesIexist campaign on amnesty.org, search 'statelessness'
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This week we honour Burkina Faso's 'sheroes': girls who have endured and overcome violence, rape, early and forced marriage - and the women who stand with them: defending, protecting, nurturing and inspiring. Catherine, 58, has been coordinating a shelter since 2005. The shelter takes in girls aged 12 to 18 who have survived rape, early and forced marriage and unwanted pregnancy. Between 2001 and 2009 it accommodated 209 girls and 168 children, either born there or taken in with their mother...
Amnesty international24 May 2016
A young girl looks at the camera inside the Presovo transit centre in Serbia, Monday 5 October. Photographer @clarkegiles from @gettyreportage spent a week covering the daily lives of #refugees traveling through -or stranded in- Serbia and Croatia.
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Today activists around the world are protesting outside Saudi Arabian embassies demanding they #FreeRaif and other Saudi activists imprisoned, and you can join them on Amnesty.org!
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Thousands of refugees wait outside a transit camp in order to be registered by Serbian authorities in Presevo, Serbia on 2 October 2015. Photographer @clarkegiles from @gettyreportage spent a week covering the daily lives of #refugees traveling through -or stranded in- Serbia and Croatia
Amnesty international24 May 2016
This is Taagaalo Christina, a farmer from the Niger Delta in Nigeria who told us that oil pollution from a @Shell pipeline has damaged her farmland, and killed fruit trees: 'the oil came down and destroyed everything.' Read more about our new campaign telling @Shell to #makethefuture by cleaning up its dirty past in the Niger Delta on amnesty.org now!
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Egyptians protesting against President Mubarak's regime at Tahrir Square in January 5 years ago. What happened since the #ArabSpring? More on amnesty.org
Amnesty international24 May 2016
#Regram @aiww supporting our Write for Rights campaign! Get involved and write a letter for those rights have been attacked, on amnesty.org?? #W4R
Amnesty international24 May 2016
20 years ago today, Nigeria executed the write Ken Saro-Wiwa after he protested against oil pollution. Today, a new generation of activists like Fyneface pictured here, are carrying on his legacy to fight for a cleaner future! More on amnesty.org #makethefuture @shell
Amnesty international24 May 2016
'Love is pain.' Refugees who travelled for days wait at Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary last year. More on amnesty.org #refugeeswelcome
Amnesty international24 May 2016
Ismail’s brother Mohammad, a 30-year-old Arabic teacher, 2 October 2015. Shortly after we met the men, Croatian police put them in the back of a truck and drove them across the border to a nearby camp where their transit visas could be processed. Photographer @clarkegiles from @gettyreportage spent a week covering the daily lives of #refugees traveling through -or stranded in- Serbia and Croatia
Amnesty international24 May 2016
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