Below you'll find an up-to-date list of template emails/letters you can use as an activist to hold the Scottish Government to account on a variety of human rights issues - handpicked by Amnesty International Scotland to amplify our latest human rights campaigns:

Live facial recognition: October 2025

Police Scotland has decided to move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland.

Amnesty International Scotland firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology. Facial recognition technology is a mode of mass surveillance by design. It violates the right to privacy, non-discrimination and peaceful assembly and is not compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations.

The implications of the decision to move forward with LFR should not be underestimated. Adoption of the technology would represent a historic shift in the relationship between Police Scotland and the public.

Download our template letter below to tell your MSP you oppose LFR in law enforcement. You can find your MSP's email addresses by entering your postcode here.

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Freedom of expression: ended September 2025

May 2025 marks two years of the 2023 Public Order Act, one of a string of UK anti-protest laws introduced in the last five years. Unfortunately, while a new party now leads Westminster, the threat to peaceful protest remains. The new Crime and Policing Bill, introduced in February 2025, will grant police more powers than ever to crack down on peaceful protests, including by banning face coverings. While the Bill won't directly affect Scotland, it could influence Scottish legislation. We're therefore asking activists across Scotland to demand their MPs support making peaceful protest a statutory right.

Follow this link to fill in your details and send a pre-written template email to your MP.

Scottish Enterprise: ended February 2025

FOI disclosures revealed that Scotland's national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise, has repeatedly issued public funds to companies known to be manufacturing arms components used by states committing serious violations of international humanitarian law. 

To date, no company has failed Scottish Enterprise’s human rights due diligence checks, which were revealed to be based on the amount of money being requested, not what the company sells or where it sells to. In response, Amnesty International Scotland wrote to the Deputy First Minister to demand a review of the agency's due diligence checks. 

After Amnesty International found damning evidence of Israel's genocide in Gaza in December 2024, we underlined our calls for an urgently review Scottish Enterprise's human rights checks to avoid complicity in the gravest of crimes under international humanitarian law. We asked you to amplify our call for Scottish government accountability by writing to 1) Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, 2) Minister for Business Richard Lochhead and 3) your MSP. 

Outcome: This campaign was successful! Read about what we achieved together and our next steps here.