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This was Amnesty International's official Brighton & Hove Twitter feed. We are now posting on Bluesky at @brightonamnesty
Brighton & Hove, UK
Joined November 2011
Our ever popular @AmnestyBrighton quiz returns at 7:30 on Thursday 13th March at the West Hill Tavern, Brighton, BN1 3PQ - with great pizza! Entry £3 per head - All proceeds to #HumanRights campaigning. All welcome - email brightonandhoveai@gmail.com for more details.
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Today, I spoke the closing ceremony of the @rightscon #2025 to talk about Laila Soueif and Free Alaa. Here is the full speech, and I follow up with the video once it's released! #تجوع_ليحيا #انقذوا_ليلي #الحرية_لعلاء_عبدالفتاح #SaveLaila
#FreeThemAll
#FreeAlaa
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Our next @AmnestyBrighton meeting will be an online meeting at 7:30 on Thursday 6th February. Our speaker will be Pauline Uyterwijk-Crosfield the @AmnestyUK country coordinator for #Mexico. All welcome - email brightonandhoveai@gmail.com for entry details.
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We recommend that Egypt: Releases Human Rights Defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Releases all detainees held for exercising their right to freedom of expression and lifts restrictions on news and social media websites in line with the ICCPR. #FreeAlaa
https://t.co/6YfXHVaWEf
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Statement at Egypt's Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the UK, Simon Manley.
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Today @AgnesCallamard joined Laila Soueif, mother of unjustly jailed British Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. Laila has been on hunger for 122 days or since Alaa finished serving his unjust 5-year prison term. He must be released & reunited with his family NOW! #FreeAlaa
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A heartbreaking update from Alaa’s younger sister, Sanaa who went to visit Alaa in prison in Egypt yesterday on day 120 of their mother, Laila’s hungerstrike, to tell him that Laila’s health is deterioriating. “I saw Alaa today. I went to the prison carrying two plastic chairs
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Our next @AmnestyBrighton meeting will be an online meeting at 7:30 on Thursday 6th February. Our speaker will be Pauline Uyterwijk-Crosfield the @AmnestyUK country coordinator for #Mexico. All welcome - email brightonandhoveai@gmail.com for entry details.
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Dorgelesse Nguessan is finally free! She can now join her loved ones after more than four years in arbitrary detention solely for peacefully exercising her human rights. While this is a day to celebrate, Dorgelesse Nguessan should never have been detained in the first place.
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How does #WriteforRights work? People in more than 200 countries and territories write millions of letters, emails, tweets, and petitions for people who've been harassed, threatened, and locked up, just for who they are. By taking action, they put pressure on governments,
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The relay hunger strike carries on for the 55th day, with a total of 346 strikers so far, in solidarity with Laila Soueif who has been on strike for 95 days to #FreeAlaa. https://t.co/uPk2pu1n2R الصيام التتابعي مستمر لليوم الخامس والخمسين بإجمالي ٢٤٦ مضربًا ومضربة حتى الآن
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#FreeTheGuantanamo14 Although four #Guantanamo prisoners have been freed lately, 26 still remain & 14 of them have long been approved for release. President Biden, however, is running out of time to free them. See who they are in the accompanying text & please share this.
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Our first @AmnestyBrighton meeting of 2025 will be on January 9th at 7:30 in Books For Amnesty, Sydney Street, Brighton. We will be showing a documentary film on #HumanRights in #Turkiye. All welcome - contact brightonandhoveai@gmail.com for more details.
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@AmnestyUK @ZoeJardiniere We're ALL people, after all! Celebrating #InternationalMigrantsDay , #RefugeesWelcome in the UK and deserve humane and respectful treatment by people and the system. Standing with @AmnestyUK and @ZoeJardiniere 's brilliant speech below. @AmnestyBrighton
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In #Kyrgyzstan brave investigative journalists have been imprisoned on false charges for exposing government abuses and corruption. Please help @amnesty free them. https://t.co/enEyWBOBpR
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In #Kyrgyzstan brave investigative journalists have been imprisoned on false charges for exposing government abuses and corruption. Please help @amnesty free them. https://t.co/enEyWBOBpR
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Alaa Abdel Fattah should have gone free 76 days ago, but he continued to be detained unlawfully. His mother, Laila Soueif, has been on hunger strike ever since. A total of 212 people have joined a relay strike in solidarity, with 10 more sharing today with her. Join and demand
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As simple as that: My mother enjoying a relaxed morning with Lana That is all we want .. ordinary family time with all of us there, no prisons, and no constant threat against Alaa or any of us. Why does my mom need to put her health and life on the line for such a simple dream?!
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