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    Amnesty UK
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    Aug 21
    Amnesty UK welcomes the judge's ruling that the ‘Barclays 5’ will not be sentenced as terrorists. The ‘Barclays 5’ were responsible for the direct action against Barclays bank in Burnley in August 2024. No one should be treated more harshly under the law because their crimes
    Palestine Action activists responsible for Barclays action will not be sentenced as terrorists, judge rules.
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    Amnesty UK
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    Aug 17
    Comedy has always belonged beside human rights campaigning – that's why Amnesty’s show is back at Edinburgh Fringe this Friday and Saturday! Read more about how comedy is an essential survival tool in frightening times: amn.st/6018B1wKME
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    Aug 14
    Andy Burnham: cutting subscription costs won't touch the sides for families who are already going without the basics.
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    Amnesty UK
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    Aug 10
    Reform has proposed transferring people convicted in the UK to prisons in El Salvador - a country known for serious human rights abuses. This would be financing brutality with British taxpayers’ money. Amnesty has documented mass arbitrary detention, beatings, torture and other
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    Aug 7
    Last week, more than 100 peaceful protestors were arrested under TERROR LAWS. Our right to protest is one of the most effective tools we have to hold our leaders to account about the genocide in Gaza, the climate crisis and other vital human rights issues. These arrests are
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