The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even ...

A government spokesperson said: "We inherited a fundamentally broken welfare system which does not work for the people it is ...

A damning Amnesty has found the Department for Work and Pensions benefits system is "cruel", "ruining lives" and " violating ...

Human rights in the UK in crisis as new report exposes crushing evidence of a social security system ruining lives ...

Lives are being ruined by a system that is cruel... the DWP erodes dignity by design. We are in a state of severe human ...

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Speaking to more than 700 people who claim welfare supports, Amnesty UK's Social Insecurity report found: “Universal credit, ...

The former Norwich Amnesty International bookshop in St Benedicts Street will become the home of a British Red Cross charity shop.

Amnesty International UK is urging the Labour Party government to stop its plans for benefit cuts. Jen Clark, economic and social rights lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “The social ...

Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current ...

As Barbara Gittings, the late LGBTQ+ activist said: ‘Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the ...

THE UNITED Nations and human rights activists have warned about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, where they say their lives are being put at risk.