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Scotland: Amnesty welcomes review of Scottish Enterprise human rights checks

Amnesty International have today welcomed the Scottish Government’s agreement to review the human rights checks conducted by Scottish Enterprise, following a Scottish Parliament debate brought by the...

Scotland: Amnesty warns Scottish government to review human rights checks on arms sales

Grants to arms companies seemingly waived through on a regular basis FOI requests reveal that over £3.5 million in grants have been awarded to major arms companies since January 2023 ‘When Scottish...

UK/Egypt: Mother's hunger strike for imprisoned activist son Alaa Abd El-Fattah 'could be a matter of life and death'

Laila Soueif, 68, has been hospitalised with dangerously low blood sugar and blood pressure She has been on hunger strike for over 4 months in a desperate appeal for her son Her son, British national...

UK/USA: Starmer must make it 'abundantly clear' to Trump that respecting international law is the only way to secure peace and justice

PM must oppose any plan to forcefully displace Palestinians Negotiations about Ukraine must prioritise justice for all crimes under international law committed since Russia’s military intervention...

Germany: Human rights must be a priority for new government after 'poisonous' electoral campaign

Reacting to the Bundestag elections results, Julia Duchrow, Amnesty International Germany’s Secretary General, said: "This election campaign was divisive poison for our society. It is not mistrust or...

UK: David Lammy must ramp up pressure on Egypt to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah at UN Human Rights Council

58th session of the UN Human Rights Council begins today 25 human rights organisations have written to the UK Foreign Secretary urging a ‘strong stand’ for Abd El-Fattah British national Abd El-Fattah...

Ukraine/Russia: 'Justice, accountability and reparation' for victims must be a global priority

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine ‘A genuine commitment by President Trump to securing lasting peace in Ukraine must be delivered not in words but in actions’ - Agnès Callamard...

USA: Government has ‘completely gutted’ the right to seek asylum at US-Mexico border – new research

Unaccompanied minors stranded without way to seek help or safety Crucial organisations at border face crisis from Trump’s USAID freeze ‘The right to seek asylum simply does not exist at the border and...

EU/Israel: Ministers should not 'roll out the red carpet' for Israeli foreign minister

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar to visit Brussels on Monday EU leaders will welcome Sa’ar whose prime minister and former defense minister are subject to arrest warrants by the International...

UK: Police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with crime predicting tech – new report

Amnesty’s new report ‘Automated Racism’ reveals dangerous discrimination in police prediction tools Almost three-quarters of police forces attempt to predict crime by racially profiling communities...