Early day motion · EDM 603 · 14 Jul 2026
Amnesty International UK report on the anti-rights movement in the UK
Tabled by Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)
6 signatures
The motion
That this House expresses extreme concern at Amnesty International UK's report entitled A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, published on 8 July; condemns its depiction and listing of organisations defending the rights of women, girls, children, and gay and bisexual people as anti-rights on the basis of them being gender critical; further condemns its depiction and listing of organisations of parents and of clinicians as promoting conversion practices; notes that organisations depicted as supposedly anti-rights includes many grassroots women’s rights organisations doing vital work domestically and internationally with vulnerable women and children, and a rape crisis centre and support service for female survivors of male violence; further notes that gender critical belief is a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010 and reflects the views of the majority of the public; also notes that it is perfectly legitimate to organise around the protected characteristic of sex and to offer single-sex spaces, as clarified by the recent Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland vs The Scottish Government; recognises that such organisation, work and services are fundamentally important; also condemns the report for making unevidenced characterisations; acknowledges the damaging impact of such baseless accusations for the small grassroots charities and organisations listed; and calls on Amnesty International to withdraw the report, issue a formal public correction and apology acknowledging the reputational harm, and pledge that Amnesty staff who hold gender critical beliefs can express such beliefs without fear of bullying or harassment.
Signatories (6)
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Tonia Antoniazzi
Primary sponsor
14 Jul 2026 -
Tracy Gilbert
14 Jul 2026 -
David Smith
14 Jul 2026 -
Kirsteen Sullivan
14 Jul 2026 -
Mary Glindon
15 Jul 2026 -
Jim Shannon
16 Jul 2026
Source: the official Early Day Motions database.