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Scotland: Scottish government must review due diligence on grants for arms companies

Scottish ministers cannot ignore ICJ legal findings on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Amnesty International has called for a full review of how due diligence is conducted on arms...

UK: campaigners to assemble outside High Court ahead of key arms to Israel case

Campaigners from Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch will assemble outside the High Court on Monday 18 November (9:30 am) ahead of a hearing in the ongoing legal challenge by Al-Haq and...

Sudan: French-manufactured weapons system identified in conflict - New Investigation

Galix System visible on armoured personnel carriers used by RSF System manufactured by Lacroix Defense and KNDS France Existing EU embargo prohibits transfer of arms to Sudan ‘All countries must...

USA: Biden Administration refusal to stop weapons to Israel ‘unconscionable’

‘It is unconscionable that the Biden administration continues to ignore the facts on the ground to avoid implementing US law and keep the weapons flowing’ - Paul O’Brien In response to US Secretary of...

Denmark: New Report - Mass surveillance and discrimination in automated welfare state

‘The way the Danish automated welfare system operates is eroding individual privacy and undermining human dignity.’ - Hellen Mukiri-Smith People are unwillingly and unknowingly forfeiting their right...

UK/Peru: Victims of lethal state repression arrive in London to commence international delegation for justice

Yovanna Mendoza and Mario Ilaquita, whose family members were among the 50 people killed by police and military during the 2022-2023 protests, have arrived in London ‘The Peruvian president and...

Men's World Cup: FIFA should halt selection process for 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia

World football governing body should also demand a credible human rights strategy from Morocco, Portugal and Spain FIFA appears to have assisted Saudi Arabia by limiting the scope of a recent Clifford...

COP29: 'Alarming' footage shows danger of hosting climate summit in Azerbaijan

‘Just as we saw with the UAE last year, the event’s hosts have an agenda that is at serious odds with climate justice’ - Marta Schaaf Responding to a Global Witness investigation that appears to show...

Libya: Government must scrap plans for 'dangerous escalation' of restrictions against women and girls

Minister announces measures for compulsory veiling for girls as young as nine Authorities must drop plans for wider crackdown on ‘morality’ grounds, which would further entrench discrimination ‘The...

COP 29: Huge increase in climate finance needed to achieve urgent change

Amnesty delegates are available for interview at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan from Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 November UNFCCC must do much more than in UAE and Egypt to protect the rights of everyone taking...