2️⃣ Reply below "@[MP] Together with @AmnestyUK I'm terrified at the #PublicOrderBill's effect on our right to protest. Lords limited some of it, will you support? amn.st/60063xnuu"
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We oppose the Bill altogether. If it proceeds, MPs MUST at least vote to accept the limits agreed by the Lords.
Our right to protest matters. Read the full briefing for MPs: amn.st/60153xZ9d
Lords voted these changes:
🚧Remove Protest Banning Orders without conviction
🛑Remove suspicionless stop&search
❌Oppose attempts to make it easier for police to restrict protest
⛑️Protect journalists’ right to report protests
Even with these, the Bill is shockingly draconian.
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4 human rights defenders in #Turkey, incl both the former Chair & Director of @aforgutu, have been convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.
It’s over 4yrs since the first arrest & we expect a decision on the final stage of their appeal soon.
Here's what's happened so far 👇
1. Taner Kılıç, a human rights defender and then Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, is arrested on false charges of being part of a terrorist organisation and placed in pre-trial detention.
2. Ten human rights defenders (now known as the “Istanbul 10”) are arrested while attending a workshop on the island of Büyükada in Istanbul and eight of them are imprisoned on 18 July 2017.
None of these are crimes: they are human rights that belong to every person.
But in #Turkey, human rights are under attack and people are being arrested for these basic rights.
There is a growing climate of fear among people whose voices #Turkey wants to silence.
False charges, unfair trials & harsh sentences are rife, and scores of human rights defenders are imprisoned for months or years while they await trial for a ‘crime’ they didn’t commit.
#Pride month should be about celebrating the #LGBTQ+ community and highlighting the fight for equality & freedom around the world 🌈🌍
But, disappointingly, we’ve seen backlash against those campaigning for the rights of the #Trans community here in the UK, especially at work 🏳️⚧️
Data by the @The_TUC shows that 7 in 10 #trans workers say their experience of workplace harassment or discrimination has a negative effect on their mental health
@stonewalluk research found that 1 in 8 trans employees said they had been attacked by a colleague or customer