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November 8, 2020

Write for Rights campaign offers solidarity to victims of human rights abuses

People across the UK can join the world’s largest letter writing action to support individuals who have been attacked, jailed, harassed or disappeared.
January 18, 2020

Peace activists included in Prevent Counter Terrorism Policing document

CND and Campaign Against Arms Trade are featured under the heading 'left wing and associated single issue groups.'
October 5, 2019

Christian climate protestors to turn Lambeth Bridge into 'Faith Bridge'

Christian Climate Action are planning to turn Lambeth Bridge into a Faith Bridge from Monday 7 October 2019 as part a major climate change protest urging the government to take swifter action to tackle climate change.
August 22, 2019

Police must stop unlawful use of force against students in West Papua, says Amnesty

Amnesty says the Indonesian authorities must act promptly to deescalate tensions in West Papua Province and guarantee that people who wish to protest peacefully can continue to do so.
April 30, 2019

Greenpeace Norway protest oil rig preparing for Arctic drilling

Four peaceful activists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have climbed the oil rig West Hercules, located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, to protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic.
April 10, 2019

Guilty verdict against Hong Kong protest leaders a 'crushing blow'

Amnesty says the Hong Kong government is increasingly using prosecutions as a political tool to target peaceful activists.
April 4, 2019

Court of Appeal overturns injunctions preventing protests against Ineos fracking

The judgement has far-reaching implications for people peacefully protesting against oil and gas extraction who have been increasingly faced with injunctions.
February 8, 2019

UN human rights experts condemn use of security laws in conviction of Stansted 15

UN experts call on UK Government to refrain from applying security and terrorism-related legislation to prosecute peaceful political protesters and critics of State policy who are engaged in non-violent expression, protest and political advocacy.
February 7, 2019

Quakers stand by the Stansted 15

Quakers in Britain are supporting the group who say their nonviolent direct action was in defence of human rights.
December 13, 2018

Myanmar must end crackdown on Kachin civil society, says Global Witness

Targeting peaceful human rights defenders for condemning conflict is a farcical miscarriage of justice, says Global Witness.