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Human rights in the United Kingdom

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UK: Encryption Order Threatens Global Privacy Rights

February 14, 2025

police in yellow vests keeping a man without a shirt from moving forward. — (Getty)

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UK: Big Tech Platforms Play an Active Role in Fueling Racist Violence

August 6, 2024

Montage of images from different mobilizations and protests across Europe showing the power of protest © Amnesty International — Amnesty International

Report

Under-Protected and Over-Restricted: The State of the Right to Protest in 21 European Countries

July 8, 2024

Press Release

UK/USA: Fight for Media Freedom Continues as Assange Reaches Plea Deal with U.S. Authorities

June 26, 2024

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website that published US Government secrets, has been wanted in Sweden on charges of rape since 2012. He sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and today police have said he will still face arrest if he leaves. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) — (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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‘Positive News’ as Julian Assange Released from UK Prison

June 25, 2024

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‘Positive News’ for Defenders of Press Freedom as Assange Granted Permission to Appeal

May 20, 2024

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Long Lasting Damage to Global Media Freedom as Julian Assange Back in UK Court Ahead of Possible Extradition to USA

May 16, 2024

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Julian Assange’s Five-Year Imprisonment in the UK is Unacceptable

April 11, 2024

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UK/USA: Global Media Freedom at Risk as Julian Assange Back in UK Court Facing Possible Extradition to USA

February 13, 2024

(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Joe Biden Must Tell Rishi Sunak To Drop ‘Deeply-Misconceived’ Troubles Bill

June 5, 2023 | Human Rights

Photograph shows riot police in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They stand next to armoured vehicles wearing helmets and holding riot shields.

Blog

UK: Ambassador Reeker must publicly oppose the UK government’s Northern Ireland legacy proposals

January 5, 2022 | Government Relations

Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Report

Governments Must Stop Conniving with Fossil Fuel Industries to Burn Our Rights

June 6, 2021 | 2050